Protecting our favourite plant: from disease research to supply chain policies in cocoa

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Date/time:

Thursday 17 September 2026 1:30pm to 2:30pm

Location:

Weston Room, David Attenborough Building

Chocolate is one of our favourite treats, but the plant behind it is vulnerable. Dr Thomas Addoah will examine the forest policies governing cocoa in West Africa, and historian Mika Hyman will trace how disease outbreaks in 1920s Trinidad built the research institutions still shaping its cultivation

Chocolate beans

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Speakers

  • Dr Thomas Addoah, Department of Geography and WWF-UK
  • PhD candidate Mika Hyman, Department of History and Philosophy of Science

The seminar will be accompanied by a chocolate tasting!