{
  "id": 5957382,
  "title": "West Africa Cocoa Crop Set to Shrink as El Nino and Disease Bite",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/06/west-africa-cocoa-crop-set-to-shrink-as-el-nino-and-disease-bite",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-06T08:13:44.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Rio Times",
    "slug": "the-rio-times",
    "url": "https://www.riotimesonline.com/west-africa-cocoa-harvest-el-nino-2026/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Black pod, swollen shoot and a strengthening El Niño are converging on the two countries that grow more than half the world’s cocoa. The post West Africa Cocoa Crop Set to Shrink as El Nino and Disease Bite appeared first on The Rio Times .",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}