Cocoa farmers cut down trees for short-term gain, but keeping them is important – here’s why
- Written by Olly Owen, Research Affiliate, Anthropology, University of Oxford
Some cocoa farmers are cutting down trees on their farms.Narong Khueankaew/ShutterstockThe price of most chocolate bars has gone up worldwide in the past year, after cocoa bean prices rose dramatically in 2024.
As cocoa prices shot up, many farmers in tropical cocoa-producing countries including Nigeria saw profits rise.
With new cocoa farms...
