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Irregular rains, prolonged dry seasons threaten Cameroon’s cocoa economy

By Reuters
10 August 2021   |   1:09 pm
For more than six decades, the cocoa that Richard Ambassa Mbassiga harvested from his plantation in central Cameroon faithfully paid for everything his family needed. Irregular rainfall and prolonged dry seasons have since sucked the moisture from the soil, killed cocoa trees, and cut the yield from his farm.

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