A general view of a cocoa plantation near Bouafle, on September 16, 2026. Ivory Coast is the world's top cocoa producer, responsible for nearly 40 percent of global output. Its economy also depends on the crop, which accounts for 15 percent of GDP, supporting roughly five million people in a country of more than 33 million souls. Scientists at the National Center for Agronomic Research (CNRA) have been working to develop a bean tough enough to survive the unpredictable weather events that man-made climate change has unleashed around the globe. (Photo by Issouf SANOGO / AFP via Getty Images)

Ivorian cocoa farmer Anselme Kouakou poses for a photograph in a plantation on near Bouafle, on September 16, 2026. Ivory Coast is the world's top cocoa producer, responsible for nearly 40 percent of global output. Its economy also depends on the crop, which accounts for 15 percent of GDP, supporting roughly five million people in a country of more than 33 million souls. Scientists at the National Center for Agronomic Research (CNRA) have been working to develop a bean tough enough to survive the unpredictable weather events that man-made climate change has unleashed around the globe. (Photo by Issouf SANOGO / AFP via Getty Images)

Maryse Assi, a National Center for Agronomic Research (CNRA) agronomist poses for a photograph in a cocoa seed field near Divo, on September 15, 2026. Ivory Coast is the world's top cocoa producer, responsible for nearly 40 percent of global output. Its economy also depends on the crop, which accounts for 15 percent of GDP, supporting roughly five million people in a country of more than 33 million souls. Scientists at the National Center for Agronomic Research (CNRA) have been working to develop a bean tough enough to survive the unpredictable weather events that man-made climate change has unleashed around the globe. (Photo by Issouf SANOGO / AFP via Getty Images)

A general view of pods on cocoa trees in a cocoa seed field belonging to the National Center for Agronomic Research (CNRA) near Divo, on September 15, 2026. Ivory Coast is the world's top cocoa producer, responsible for nearly 40 percent of global output. Its economy also depends on the crop, which accounts for 15 percent of GDP, supporting roughly five million people in a country of more than 33 million souls. Scientists at the National Center for Agronomic Research (CNRA) have been working to develop a bean tough enough to survive the unpredictable weather events that man-made climate change has unleashed around the globe. (Photo by Issouf SANOGO / AFP via Getty Images)

An Ivorian researcher measures cocoa pods on trees in a cocoa seed field belonging to the National Center for Agronomic Research (CNRA) near Divo, on September 15, 2026. Ivory Coast is the world's top cocoa producer, responsible for nearly 40 percent of global output. Its economy also depends on the crop, which accounts for 15 percent of GDP, supporting roughly five million people in a country of more than 33 million souls. Scientists at the National Center for Agronomic Research (CNRA) have been working to develop a bean tough enough to survive the unpredictable weather events that man-made climate change has unleashed around the globe. (Photo by Issouf SANOGO / AFP via Getty Images)

A general view of pods on cocoa trees in a cocoa seed field belonging to the National Center for Agronomic Research (CNRA) near Divo, on September 15, 2026. Ivory Coast is the world's top cocoa producer, responsible for nearly 40 percent of global output. Its economy also depends on the crop, which accounts for 15 percent of GDP, supporting roughly five million people in a country of more than 33 million souls. Scientists at the National Center for Agronomic Research (CNRA) have been working to develop a bean tough enough to survive the unpredictable weather events that man-made climate change has unleashed around the globe. (Photo by Issouf SANOGO / AFP via Getty Images)

Geneticist Caudou Trebissou (L) and Maryse Assi (R), a National Center for Agronomic Research (CNRA) agronomist stand inside a cocoa seed field near Divo, on September 15, 2026. Ivory Coast is the world's top cocoa producer, responsible for nearly 40 percent of global output. Its economy also depends on the crop, which accounts for 15 percent of GDP, supporting roughly five million people in a country of more than 33 million souls. Scientists at the National Center for Agronomic Research (CNRA) have been working to develop a bean tough enough to survive the unpredictable weather events that man-made climate change has unleashed around the globe. (Photo by Issouf SANOGO / AFP via Getty Images)

A general view of Sun-dried cofffe beans near Divo, on September 15, 2026. Ivory Coast is the world's top cocoa producer, responsible for nearly 40 percent of global output. Its economy also depends on the crop, which accounts for 15 percent of GDP, supporting roughly five million people in a country of more than 33 million souls. Scientists at the National Center for Agronomic Research (CNRA) have been working to develop a bean tough enough to survive the unpredictable weather events that man-made climate change has unleashed around the globe. (Photo by Issouf SANOGO / AFP via Getty Images)