Uploaded January 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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The International Cocoa Quarantine Centre, at the University of Reading, has an important job: stop pests and viruses from hitching a ride, as researchers try to breed better and hardier varieties of cocoa. Here's how they do it. ■ research.reading.ac.uk/cocoa/international-cocoa-quarantine-centre-reading

Articles mentioned:
theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/nov/21/cocoa-crisis-world-chocolate-stash-melting-away
people.com/food/world-chocolate-shortage-mars

More reading and sources:
newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/preventing-a-future-without-chocolate
newscientist.com/article/mg23631571-800-cocoa-quarantine-one-tropical-tent-near-london

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