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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Hilaire Zon

Struggling Ivory Coast cocoa farmers are worried about US tariff plans

Ivory Coast Cocoa - (Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

Jean Mari Konan Yao says he's struggling as a cocoa farmer in the west African nation of Ivory Coast, which produces almost half the world’s cocoa supply of the raw ingredient used in chocolate.

Like many in Ivory Coast — the world's biggest cocoa producer — Konan Yao says cocoa has long provided a lifeline for him, but adverse weather and plant diseases have hurt harvests in recent years.

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