Farmers warn all cocoa trees could be ‘destroyed’ by 2030. Here’s why

Farmers living in poverty are calling for help - (Chris Terry/Fairtrade/PA Wire)

Ivory Coast cocoa farmers are warning of a looming crisis: without financial support and fairer markets, cocoa yields will be “destroyed” by 2030.

The West African nation is the biggest producer of cocoa in the world, and farmers in the Bafing-Tonkpi region supply chocolate to global markets, including the UK.