Greener chocolate part two: Helping Ghana's cocoa farmers adapt to climate change

Michael Holder
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Snacks giant Mondelēz International has been investing in Ghana's cocoa farming communities to improve environmental standards, but what benefits are farmers seeing on the ground?

"Last year we had a drought, and then in February there was some bush burning and fires," explains Nicholas Addo, a cocoa farmer in the rural Ghanaian village of Bososo whose family's livelihood - like...

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