Ebola threatens chocolate(politico.com)

3 pointsby smacktoward12 anni fa2 comments

http://www.politico.com/story/2014/10/ebola-chocolate-industry-africa-effects-111809.html

1 comments

pharin12 anni fa

I think the scare is overshot and the prices are not rising due to Ebola. As a resident of Ghana, there's very little on the local news any more about Ebola. Now it's merely a myth to us as we've been hearing about it for months without any real scare yet. That being said, should Ebola strike either Ivory Coast or Ghana, any rise in prices are going to be due to greedy middlemen because the transport of cocoa in these countries is completely separate from the public and the areas where cocoa is actually grown are remote and secluded from the public. So I don't think our chocolate is in danger just yet. Not for another year at least.

danieltillett12 anni fa

Thanks for the info from someone on the ground. I am surprised that there is no much in the news about Ebola. Do you think this is deliberate or just a lack of interest by the public there?