Easter is almost there! However, experts caution that chocolate production faces threats. The cost of chocolate has been rising because of challenges in cocoa bean production in West Africa. Issues like disease and climate change have led to decreased cocoa supply and increased prices. Scientists warn that without investment in making cocoa plantations resilient, chocolate could become a luxury item.
Vocabulary:
• Don't mind if I do: It's like saying ''Yes, please'' when someone offers you something.
• Pricey: expensive.
• Crops: Crops are plants that are grown and harvested for food, such as fruits, vegetables, grains, or any other cultivated plants.
• Rainfall: Rainfall refers to the amount of rain that falls in a particular area within a certain period of time. It's a measure of how much water comes down from the sky as rain.
• Heat waves: Heat waves are prolonged periods of excessively hot weather, typically with high temperatures that are significantly above average.
• Dropped: in this case, decreased.
• To run out of something: when there is a shortage of someting, a lack of something.
Source: Behind the News Youtube channel.