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This extended piece by Ijeoma Ndukwe from BBC Business is a superb read on the challenges of overcoming dependency on cocoa growing in Ghana. Ghana's farmers eye sweet success from chocolate https://t.co/L0rZxgUmC4 — BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) April 11, 2021 The retail industry was worth $107bn (£78bn), according to one projection, but Ghana - the world's second largest cocoa producer - earned just around $2bn The overall story will be a familiar one to students who appreciate why such a small percentage of the final retail price we pay for our chocolate products goes into the pockets and accounts of the cocoa growers themselves. Processing and branding chocolate offers higher value added and has the potential to lift per capita incomes in Ghana which is the second biggest producer of cocoa beans in the world. But as the article makes clear, transitioning from growing to processing is not without cost and risk. Intermittent energy supplies, the ...
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