LONDON: British scientists are at the forefront of scientific breakthroughs like keeping chocolate on hobnobs and designing a Harry Potter-style invisibility cloak, the science minister has said.
It has been reported that a group of British scientists are there and are battling to develop hardier and more productive cocoa plants in the greenhouse.
They launched the mission – dubbed ‘Operation Wonka’ after the character Willy Wonka in Roald Dahl’s classic children’s book Charlie And The Chocolate Factory – because global demand for chocolate is soaring.
Diseases are also ravaging crops in the world’s biggest cocoa-producing countries.
A team of experts from Reading University is hard at work on the project.
The ‘Willy Wonka’ of the operation is Paul Hadley, a professor of horticulture, who explains that the ‘Chocolate Factory’, or International Cocoa Quarantine Centre, was set up to ensure that the global supply of chocolate can keep up with booming demand.
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