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International Business Times
International Business Times
World
Kent Mensah

Illegal Mining, Smuggling Threaten Ghana's Cocoa Industry

Graphic showing world production of cocoa by geographic zones, including the two leading producers Ivory Coast and Ghana. (Credit: AFP)

Ghana, the world's second biggest cocoa producer, faces a growing risk to its harvest -- and blow to its crisis-hit economy -- from illegal mining and smugglers, industry officials, farmers and activists warn.

Top producer Ivory Coast and Ghana, together with other West African neighbours, produce two thirds of the world's supply of cocoa, the main ingredient in chocolate.

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