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Cocoa a bittersweet cash crop for Madagascar
Published Mon, Dec 26, 2016 · 09:50 PM
Ambanja, Madagascar
A MASSIVE zebu cow lumbered out of the tropical forest in Ambanja in the north of Madagascar carrying a heavy cartful of cocoa pods destined to become some of the most expensive chocolate in the world.
"These red ones here, they're of the Criollo variety, the most sought-after cocoa in the world," said Cyrille Ambarahova, a local small-scale farmer.
Standing in the middle of his single hecta…
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