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Why the price of your favorite chocolate will continue to rise

Written by Narcisa Pricope, Professor of Geography and Land Systems Science and Associate Vice President for Research, Mississippi State University

Chocolate prices spiked amid very dry conditions in Africa.Chuck Fishman/Getty Images

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