https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/04/170405144428.htm
Africa produces around 70% of the World's cocoa, growing output that requires carving more than 325,000 acres of new farmland from forests every year. The cocoa is affecting sub-Saharan Africa's tropical forests, second in size only to the Amazon. The are many possible solutions like avoiding land tenure conflicts and encouraging shade cultivation of crops like cocoa to conserve the forests.
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