Cocoa and Conflict: A Look at Côte d’Ivoire
By alicia on June 29th, 2007 at 12:14 pmTags: chocolate, cocoa, conflict, cote divoire, fair trade, natural resources
Originally posted at Green Options.
Chocolate, along with coffee and tea, is one of the most popular Fair Trade certified products available. Côte d’Ivoire is the largest producer of cocoa in the world, and the abundance of this popular ingredient has played a major role in the country’s political crisis. A diplomatic source in Abidjan made the comparison that cocoa in Côte d’Ivoire “is the same as timberor diamonds were in Liberia.”
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