El Niño and Disease Threaten West Africa’s Cocoa Harvest Again Bloomberg Markets Von: Mumbi Gitau · Ekow Dontoh · Baudelaire Mieu · Pius Lukong and Tolani Awere 01. September 2026 um 11:02 Simon Essah walks through his cocoa farm in southwest Ghana, pointing to trees scarred by black pod disease, the latest in a series of threats plaguing his crop this year.