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The African farmers taking on big chocolate

15 mins | Dec 31, 2019
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Ghana and Ivory Coast want a fairer share of profits from the global confectionery industry. Ghana produces a fifth of the worlds cocoa, but a lack of infrastructure and contracts with international manufacturers mean they only see a fifteenth of the industry's revenue. David Pilling writing in the Financial Times meets the African farmers taking on big chocolate.

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