What is the Effect of the Climate Crisis on Coffee and Chocolate Production.
**Coffee Production:**
- Coffee beans are produced from the coffee tree with green leaves, red fruits and white flowers. These trees grow in tropical climate zones, in high altitude areas that receive regular rainfall and where there is not much temperature difference.
- The climate crisis negatively affects coffee production by affecting the delicate structure of the coffee bean. For example, changing weather patterns and rising temperatures in Mexico have exposed coffee to leaf rust, and in a 2012 outbreak the fungus destroyed nearly 40% of producers' coffee crops.
- By 2050, it is predicted that the regions where tropical foods grow will shift further north as temperatures increase with climate change. This will result in an overall decrease in land area suitable for growing coffee.
**Chocolate Production:**
- Chocolate is made from cocoa beans grown on cocoa trees. Cocoa trees thrive in warm environments as well as high humidity and rainfall.
- The climate crisis negatively affects chocolate production by making it difficult for cocoa trees to grow. High temperatures will cause evaporation and lead to drought-like conditions in cocoa-growing regions (Nigeria, Cameroon and eastern Ivory Coast). This situation will affect cocoa production worse than the high temperature factor.
- Until 2050, the areas for production will decrease with the increase in temperature.
This information shows the impact of the climate crisis on coffee and chocolate production. This highlights the importance of sustainable and organic farming methods.
- Climate change may make a number of diseases and pests affecting coffee production more common. For example, high temperatures and humidity can facilitate the spread of diseases such as coffee leaf rust.
- Additionally, extreme weather events due to climate change may negatively affect coffee production. For example, heavy rainfall and floods can damage the root systems of coffee trees and cause soil erosion.
**Chocolate Production:**
- Climate change negatively affects chocolate production by making it difficult for cocoa trees to grow. High temperatures will cause evaporation, leading to drought-like conditions in cocoa-growing regions.
- Additionally, extreme weather events due to climate change may negatively affect cocoa production. For example, heavy rainfall and floods can damage the root systems of cocoa trees and cause soil erosion.
This information shows the impact of the climate crisis on coffee and chocolate production. This highlights the importance of sustainable and organic farming methods. In order to reduce the effects of the climate crisis on agriculture, agricultural practices need to adapt to climate change and strategies that will reduce the effects of climate change must be adopted.
