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Cocoa trees grow about 20 degrees north and south of the equator in regions with warm weather and abundant rain, including West Africa and South America. Climate change is expected to dry out the ...
The majority of cocoa farms are located in Ivory Coast and Ghana. [2] In Ghana, Cocoa contributes 64% of all exports. [6] Traditional cocoa farms are planted in the shade among other crops and trees. They are especially found in the tropical rainforest areas. [7] Farming cocoa beans is a long process and many factors can affect the farm's yield.
Habitat for a dwindling population of critically endangered African forest elephants is under threat, a casualty of the world’s appetite for chocolate. Deforestation driven by planting cocoa ...
According to the Pakistan-based NGO, Society For Conservation and Protection of The Environment (SCOPE), about one-half (50.8%) of rural households in Pakistan are landless, while 5% of the country's population owns almost two-thirds (64 percent) of its farmland. [23] (The World Bank found that according to 2000 agricultural census 63.3% of ...
21 March – 2023 Afghanistan–Pakistan earthquake, Parts of Afghanistan and Pakistan were hit by a strong earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale, resulting in casualties and property damage. At least 11 people died in Pakistan, and a total of ten deaths were reported in Afghanistan and Pakistan combined as a result of the earthquake.
Just days after Israel's agriculture research centre, the Volcani Institute, sent 140 seedlings to a facility in southern Israel to study how this tropical plant could be grown in dry conditions ...
Cocoa beans and cocoa harvest processing. Ghana's cocoa production grew an average of 16 per cent between 2000 and 2003. [18] Cocoa has a long production cycle, far longer than many other tropical crops, and new hybrid varieties need over five years to come into production, and a further 10 to 15 years for the tree to reach its full bearing potential.
In May 2023, Pakistan's inflation rate reached 38%, surpassing Sri Lanka to become the highest country in Asia. [ 57 ] In June 2023, the Pakistani government unveiled an "Economic Revival Plan" according to which, plans on investments in key areas of production such as on agriculture, mining, Information Technology, defence and the energy ...