And as chocolate billionaires have grown richer, farmers in Ghana and Ivory Coast have seen double-digit drops in their incomes over the past few years.

Cocoa prices began the week at their highest ever recorded—more than $12,500 per ton, the cost to buy about 150 barrels of oil—and it’s unclear to analysts if they’re even ready to level off yet.

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