If this article is to be believed there could soon be a shortage of chocolate. According to the article the world’s supply of sustainable cocoa could run out by 2014. Chocolate manufacturers are already facing the highest cocoa prices for over 30 years, partly down to political unrest in the Ivory Coast which grows around 40% of the world’s cocoa beans. Many fairtrade training programmes have also been ended because of the danger facing farmers in rural areas. The situation means that supplies of sustainable cocoa are set to run out with manufacturers fighting over the rest of the world’s sustainable cocoa bean stock.
