Cocoa farmers cut down trees for short-term gain, but keeping them is important – here’s why

Some cocoa farmers are cutting down trees on their farms. Narong Khueankaew/Shutterstock

The price of most chocolate bars has gone up worldwide in the past year, after cocoa bean prices rose dramatically in 2024.

As cocoa prices shot up, many farmers in tropical cocoa-producing countries including Nigeria saw profits rise.