| vulnerability to climate change of cocoa in west africa: patterns, opportunities and limits to adaptation. | the west african cocoa belt, reaching from sierra leone to southern cameroon, is the origin of about 70% of the world's cocoa (theobroma cacao), which in turn is the basis of the livelihoods of about two million farmers. we analyze cocoa's vulnerability to climate change in the west african cocoa belt, based on climate projections for the 2050s of 19 global circulation models under the intergovernmental panel on climate change intermediate emissions scenario rcp 6.0. we use a combination of a st ... | 2016 | 26974571 |