Chocolate production is under serious threat

The rapidly spreading virus has threatened the supply of chocolate worldwide.

According to foreign media, half of the world’s chocolate comes from the cocoa trees of Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire, and a virus is rapidly destroying the cocoa trees in West Africa, which is why it is being shown that chocolate Production will be seriously threatened.

According to reports, these infected trees produce the cocoa beans needed to make chocolate.

According to a study published in this regard, a virus outbreak in cocoa crops in Ghana is causing massive losses.

According to research, small insects called mealybugs feed on damaged and infected trees and through them the virus is transmitted to other trees. Due to this virus, the shoots and leaves of the right trees dry up and their growth is also affected.

According to reports, the yield of an infected tree decreases in the first year and within a few years it is completely lost, more than 250 million trees have been affected by the disease.

The American professor involved in the research has said that this virus is a threat to the global supply of chocolate. Insecticides do not work well and effectively against this virus.

He says that farmers are having to cut the infected trees and plant resistant trees that fight the virus.