US EditionClimate impacts cocoa farmers VICTORIA MILKO
- Cocoa prices nearly tripled in 2024, reaching approximately $12,000 per ton, which drove up chocolate costs.
- Farmers are switching to other crops, and climate change and underinvestment have reduced cocoa supplies.
- Indonesia, the third-largest cocoa producer, sees farmers partnering with organizations for better growing and livelihoods.
- Farmer Santoso stated, "It wasn't very successful before we met Krakakoa," highlighting the value of partnerships.
- Thousands of cocoa farmers are benefiting from collaborative efforts, though challenges in Indonesia still remain.
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Climate impacts cocoa farmers VICTORIA MILKO
TANJUNG REJO, Indonesia — The loud whir of a chainsaw resonates through the forest as a small group of farmers gathers around a tree filled with red seed pods. With one slow stroke, a severed knobby branch hits the ground.
Winston-Salem Journal
News & RecordIndonesia's cocoa farmers fight climate change
TANJUNG REJO, Indonesia — The loud whir of a chainsaw resonates through the forest as a small group of farmers gathers around a tree filled with red seed pods. With one slow stroke, a severed knobby branch hits the ground.
Farmers bank on cash crops amid climate crisis
The sweltering heat in Nsanje is unforgiving. But Eunice Banda, a 43-year-old mother of four, seems oblivious to the heat as she wades through the forest of long sorghum stalks in her field, her baby securely strapped to her back. She pauses momentarily, a smile spreading across her sun-weathered face, as she caresses the budding fruit of her thriving crop. Just a few years ago, life was far less kind to Banda. The creaky door falling off its fr…
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