Cocoa Shortage 2024 Tacoma. Yasmin tayag, a food, health and science writer at the atlantic, talks to host emily kwong about the cocoa shortage: Cocoa gained in new york, with prices heading back toward a record high amid lingering fears about global shortages.

A shortage of cocoa beans has led to a near shutdown of processing plants in côte d’ivoire and ghana, the two countries responsible for 60% of global production. A recovery in cocoa production in the world’s largest growers is set to put an end to a massive bean shortage that sent prices surging to a record this year, according to.