Analysis of Ghana’s industries, markets and cities, with the sums shown and the sources linked.
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The Arithmetic Doesn’t Close
Ghana has made three promises about its cocoa crop, in law and in a financing plan. The crop they depend on is shrinking, and cannot pay for all three.
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Thirteen Firms, One Agreement
Who controlled Gold Coast cocoa in 1937, according to the commission sent to investigate it, and why its two headline numbers, 98% and 94%, are so often confused.
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From Bean to Bar: Where Cocoa’s Value Is Made
What happens to a tonne of Ghanaian cocoa between the farm and the chocolate bar, what each step yields, and why the pressing step now matters to Ghanaian law.