robocall@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoIvory Coast considers following Ghana with cocoa price cut, sources saywww.reuters.comexternal-linkmessage-square4linkfedilinkarrow-up113arrow-down10
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minus-squarems.lane@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoWhy don’t we grow our own Cocoa? FNQ has the climate for it.
minus-squareikt@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agowe do a little: https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/farnorth-breakfast/emerging-cocoa-industry/106009506 but basically cocoa (and iirc coffee bean) farming requires lots of super cheap labour, and we are thanks to our mining industry just too expensive
Why don’t we grow our own Cocoa? FNQ has the climate for it.
we do a little: https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/farnorth-breakfast/emerging-cocoa-industry/106009506
but basically cocoa (and iirc coffee bean) farming requires lots of super cheap labour, and we are thanks to our mining industry just too expensive