West African Cocoa Crisis Exposes Global Supply Failures and Threatens American Consumers

West Africa’s cocoa farmers are caught in a devastating squeeze, revealing the consequences of failed global supply chain policies that directly impact American consumers and national interests. In Ghana and Ivory Coast, which together produce nearly 70% of the world’s cocoa beans, prices have plummeted so sharply that beans now rot in warehouses while farmers turn to illegal sand and gold mining just to survive. Take Manu Yaw Fofie from Ghana. Born into cocoa farming, he faces relentless declines—from once bountiful yields down to a fraction—and now leases his land to illegal sand miners. The short-term gain wreaks long-term damage...