Expensive chocolate in the North, struggling farmers in the South: causes and effects of the decline in cocoa production in Ghana

El Pais

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Expensive chocolate in the North, struggling farmers in the South: causes and effects of the decline in cocoa production in Ghana

Opanin Asare is an experienced cacao farmer with a four-acre farm in Adawso, in the eastern region of Ghana. He tours his plantation, visibly exhausted by the scorching sun, expressing concern about the poor prospects of the sector and regretting the impact of climate change on his crops. “The bad weather has become a big challenge for my work. My cacao seedlings nearly died weeks ago due to the scarcity of rain and extreme heat. Unfortunately, …