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a donna cameroon, and nigeria, producing 70 percent of the cocoa beans consumed globally. but that taste for chocolate is proven and expensive habits. and some, obviously, the price of the sweet stuff may soon be twice what it was. because the cost of the raw material is only going off. what's the price of a ton of cocoa has increased almost $5.00 fold since late 2023. so how does that compare to our objects of desire, say, michael trips, south of the cocoa prizes, have you been out for the fall and says, and the welds lead and compute, that's a giant in video. so what's driving prices so high? take a look at gonna the world's 2nd largest producer, facing the catastrophic habits in the deepening coal coal crisis. but use us, i've seen a wave will be legal, goes my name, wiping out the trees with many deciding just to sell the applause. climate change is also doing it's done. it's got

a house last it's cool. cool. forecast this. yeah. because of all to dry a web that's boost in one thing. the cool, cool industries equivalent of the cold with and then it was a viral disease that ruins you before it kills the trees completely. it is so eve, the trees are being fed totaling for told by this, if i does is it retains the ability to verify us that the loan have in foods on it. so he's not coming it need therefore. so with that, we are also using, supporting the national code that on the account would be that we supply into the system. and in the process, it cost enough kind of room. as i protested, said largest cocoa producer, and one form of asset cocoa season is a season of cash. cocoa provides about 90 percent of the income for rural communities involved in its production. the use of laser young spoke to

a farmer in the village of low income ruins, literal region, who is tenant his cash crop into consumer goods. quicker than jelly, frank has come to a local financial shop to spend the profits from his last google been sale. he's checking on the focus of a new bit. he's orders for his wife for that. it's costing him $70000.00 francs around a $115.00. that's about twice the money minimum, which can be rude and it was not. he's not like, yes is it? because then that costs 70000, but increasing. cool, cool. yeah. that seem to have done that before that. so i go to, you can think over the past the,

the small who does to hit that cool plantation here in the initial bloom has brought in 5 time more money than the ever did before. cameras, google prizes went up dramatically after have his slumber include the war and gone to this. this is motivated here in court. that is clean is formed in preparation for the next. how this season scenes, the price has gone up. he has read the notes. he tells me a lot because uh, i've sold out so cool. wow, so much cool. cool. when that i've had to increase my income and even like increase my started at the start, not i'm leaving the farmers income route and i've also stuff up for a long drive. and what seasons they are better off competitive produce us elsewhere in africa. monte harry is a member of the cover book. wooden coffee board. i think uh, this is

a one time experience that we are having in the sector, whether somebody is capable of, you know, i'm saying confidentially that the prize that he's receiving for the work that is done is beneficial on very encouraging through him. it's, it's a dream come through and i think that from us kind of leaves from the levels of the eyes. but there's one drawback. verizon cool comprised means almost like quinta have to constantly be on deck. god gives to use these before that they used to go to the found that it was to why i knew plus nice in the night and then the end of how this thing that so we are like looking for some manuals, like creating some, some hoops to like wanting to monitoring new routes coming from the sun. that's to

reduce is they've got our purple and no funds. many farmers have given up green, cool, cool because of high production costs and new incomes. now they're coming back, some lighting quinta, outlets in new trees and hope that the cool will remain across the bridge. and gosh, joining me now is christy lastly, research all 5 consultants in the coal, coal on chocolate industries. welcome to the program. christy. now we've just seen pharmacy in cameroon benefits and from the sar and global price of cocoa binding, gonna coco farm is, are struggling. what's causing this difference? i think a few things are causing the difference. so yeah, one is, is definitely a price related issue. so in gonna the producers, the farmers operate on a fixed price market, which means that the price that they receive for their cocoa was stopped by the government. and while the government did raise the price that they received,

you know, thanks to the sky, rocketing co crisis globally. they raised it by 50 percent, which is a significant increase in producer price. that it's still, you know, it is still limited to that amount. and so even if the global market price for to go up higher, i doubt that it wouldn't even if it, if it were to happen, the farmers would still be receiving that, that price for their cocoa. so they are limited in terms of the, the year um, their income because of the price i think by the government. mm. uh, so what stopping the gun. yeah. and government from macon farm is benefit from the high price is also yeah. so that's a great question. answer again, they did raise the producer phrase and they raised it by 50 percent, which is really big increase. but i think what's stopping them from raising the price higher is the government governments through their, their marketing boards on a cocoa board. think of a lot of work to protect and support their crop. and so i'm gonna, these are known globally to be the highest quality bulk could be as on the market

because the farmers know how to from it. they're being very well they know how to drive them very well. the flavor of gone and cocoa is essentially the flavor of chocolate as we know it. and so, you know, kind of where it has to work really hard to protect that reputation and protect the quality of their product. and that has many. so, you know, there is a portion of, of their cool exports that they, they retain, that, that the proceeds from not in order to do this work of protecting and maintaining their national supply and quite to balance and activate. unfortunately, it's the farm is that are struggling and the i know really getting the benefit from this, this overall high demand for cool, cool about factors like climate change is affecting production, decrease and supply, which makes it more expensive. so how long come to find my uncomfortable and for instance, benefit from, from this situation where, you know, because of the high prices. yeah. making money for me,

a benefit as long as the supply scenario last. and we are in a really dramatic moment in terms of focus supply. so i wasn't done a few weeks ago and the farmers i spoke with there were harvesting about a 3rd of their normal a harvest. and so that is a really, really dramatic fall in, in coco supply. and that is due to a number of factors, you know, climate change being a big one. the only annual cycle that we're currently in causing drought conditions in west africa. another big one. but of course, you know, the, all of these conditions add up to a market where you have really high prices. so i think that the farmers and cameron will benefit as long as we see this really constrains supply scenario. but at the same time, if they also are experiencing the same kind of a 3rd or half of their normal harvest, of course, they're only earning those higher prices on much less crop. so,

so there's only the equations to take into account. how much are you growing and multiply that by the price? and so it's a very good market situation. yeah, definitely. sounds complicated. i mean so, so we know the challenge, what can be down urgently to address the challenges and try to, to turn things around to is that is such a great question. and i think it's the question that's been kind of hanging over the critical industry for many years now because there is no substitute for coco we . we have some initiative as now to create tough as far as using other kinds of things. i'm not nationally bronco countries, but generally uh there is no other substitute that we have. so i think if, if the, the top of the industry wants to protect their product, which is beloved around the world, then they need to be some serious attention to improving farmer livelihoods. and that probably is going to come with a supply chain analysis that moves more money to the farmers in whatever

way that needs to happen. because of course, cuz it doesn't just fly from a farm, you know, into a chocolate factory. there's many, many middle man and treaters in between who all have to stay in business as well. they all need to seek their kite, but we need a serious um, you know, reevaluation of how many moves do the supply chain and how we can concentrate more of those financial resources of the farmer end. right. christy. lastly, research all of our consultants in nicole and chocolate industries. thank you very much for your time. i what a pleasure. thank you. is chad add democracy or dynasty? the people of the country cost the balance on may 6th. the fast presidential election says a wave of close head advocates, the whole region. the vote comes 3. yes, of the chaps. currants, military lead came to office. how about the b c's pa,

in 2021. after rebels killed his long routing father and the son has been had ultimately trigo into since then. when a full stop general took the hell, he promised to hand back pallets with civilian government within 18 months. but he did not trigger in violent protests when he extended his entering the presidency in 2022 last year child held ever for random on a new constitution, which the homes i said would be a key step towards the beginning go on democracy. the physician says if pay, if the wait for the be to cement his grip on power, much like the current election critic side, you. davies main arrival. yeah. yeah. deal with shot dead in an army assault on his policies. headquarters in february human rights. what says he was killed point blank, but a single bullet to the head. these main surviving arrival is success, master on organizer, or between the 2 into 2 tests, who have slept to ex, adding the seat in january, in

a surprise twist to be granted him on amnesty and appointed him prime minister dispatcher, who says his supporters have been intimidated and his own put on disadvantages. what critics of the visa master is just a student in the election just to show, guaranteeing the add to the to remains in power and leaving little real choice for chad young voters. from all invest, let's bring in a little late o g wiley. he's a political analyst and an expert on this the whole region with a substitute for security studies in the car. hello and welcome to the program. so chad has held elections by the entire room. president is the son of the old president. his main arrival was gone down and he invited his arrival to take part. is this really democratic? thank you so much for whoever me. this is 5 home and watch the guy once he does

that, includes the by transferring them over. see, i think what we're getting tacked and isaac padia, democrats and process, particularly the letter of, from a mix of that task out in we do, we do so. so the more i mean, the content went out has regards margin. he's also the home pyre of the entire process. and what is the last become brought up? the competency collection was that's the way that the, the main number was the so you know, when dad was removed off to you in the past few weeks. so i think it's just the little bands and i didn't get era contested and it gives it as, yeah, so, so put himself on the bottles. and how big of a problem is that this is equal in 4 times and tops up in time out. they move in the say that the been people maybe for the quest for peace because that you know,

days and weeks give me just one piece and they don't maybe the hall in the past, which is i've been into media now. they've got their safety. let us just for the next and like what do you use to describe as a previous piece? so i think that's the number one thing because it turned out to be, we're not fix hall then in the recess of between has the lecture last week in place . but these are b good. we do not. in any case, i'm saying i, let's say the images broke infringing twins am in the last 3 years, the beds are being created straight from model to this data both for the sake of these and obviously a little just leave me and us as to the same truck, so it looks and democratic process i will take place in my book, you know, fossil, i didn't need the song points, we don't know how we will, how long next good to be. but like i said, we are targeted sci fi not exceed the government deals. what is going to happen?

i think what is going on in child? nice going to meeting glue that would integrate into this country when you've reached the milestone for democratic privacy. so what do i mean by piece up was the so we be negligible or maybe the voice we also we, i've tried, i mean, be taken out of the entire day. and i mean, in time, so maybe come across that for a whole approximately beats and then the election regardless of the degrees. that's what makes sure that's what we practiced for the product. but once he's much more japanese, that's where i went to see a situation in which the trustee sort of process is going to have listened to the maybe changing top is such a way that the also, if i want to use the water points, do we need both of them sit on the bottles and at the same time, the timing out every to win the mixer. so yeah, target didn't try to be added. very good. i mean from, from, from what you say and how you're describing it. this sort of spells do for the region as you say, sort of a playbook where you can just take power,

hold elections and remaining power. that's and that's, that's not the way you know. we expect it to go. is it easy, sir, for the one to do right. want to use what is going on now is completely briggs i just to see to mike. and he said that some people because they have access to being called removed democratic on the link to need. yes, i mean both of them says and then also the democratic transition and we got by subsidies in the lease because they're coming into power source solution. now i'm very, you know, below our supervisor e cause it to some a referendum in which we just simple in the bottom. i don't do all the money. i've had to go through the rest of my life. easy because in cambridge, wheaton street was said to be at tours, democrats, he called, asked you to do the quantities of and that was the somebody who some, some people,

which i pointed out to be because, i mean, just like a trade, you know, nice like you have some jobs who have the doors on all these days, but because the access to be gone this, these are and then the need, why be impact democratic process? that's as much as we know what's going to happen. but what is happening, jack is not the movers i would have to cities that callie's been, is be right. well, it really would do while they found the sensors for security studies. thank you very much. i or thank you so much. so i'll have him here in bed in the global solutions. so i'm, it's takes place. honestly. it's an international conference that aims to find solutions to some of the biggest problems we are facing in the world today. address plenty of experts from the think tanks, governance business on civil society assignments also invites young people from all over the world. who wants to solve an acute problem with a concrete idea,

you'll get one of them as a young man from coming. come to me, you can fuck more forward is needed as founded. i'm association called 3 east africa. the 3 e stands for education. what holman, and eco friendly, and that seems like there's a clip from his organization. so i really want to see the baby was maybe euro sure news owns make a difference here in the country to come in. he says he has too much potential together because really make it and also countries we as the big move, we could create sustainable structures from the beginning and adjust the challenge as an advocate. so wow. to make that because most of

the so that was very inspiring slips from your organization. come to me, kind of fuck, wonderful welcome. thank you for having me. yeah, i mean, 1st question is really straightforward. what inspired you to sets up 3 east for africa? i think when i, when i moved to germany for my studies, a couple of years back when i arrived the 1st question i asked my service, what can i do immediately? you know, young, new experience just at the beginning of my says, what can i do right now to create impact and kind of when we just when i come from . and that's kind of like where, you know what the energy came from. and when i look at the problem, when you look at the development corporation aspect, the jimmy or the dynamics between germany and african countries, you see that on it talk to targeting base deployment corporation is, is more of time is just the image of the content. because it's about, let's portray it is a negative image of other continents. you know, the typical sphere with typical image. just let me know. and let's step into kind

of like, you know, provide a solutions to these particular problems. but that's not, or what i face about, and then i can concern about, so we wanted to increase profit. we wanted to kind of like change the way development corporation actually happens. and that's, that's, that's really deep. i have to tell you, i've been asking myself the same question. what is africa? is it the same? and up over to diseases that we see on the screen all the time. so it's really, in spite already from, from what you've said. how exactly is your association do trying to find solutions or tackle these challenges that you use? that great question. i mean there are 2, there are 2 possible with the 1st part and that's something that was very important for me. because before finding the association, i was, you know, i'll talk to and all that. and joe was, and i realized started in these and he was doing not many of the half projects in africa, but not many of them are africans. so when we found a preschool advocate, we were like, we want this to be an organization that has an african identity. so we're an african taskbar organization, right? so 70 to 80 percent of all the members of the addition of african descent bonia or

born or the content like myself. that is the very 1st, but so we understand the to inches on the customer because of the experience them, you know, individually or through our parents. but also we understand a control context. the 2nd aspect of this is we don't initiate projects, right? we increase for africa. what we're saying is the students come to us, we tell the students, we really believe that because you are experts of the chinese, you face every single day and you should be the one to bring the solutions. so the students come to us and propose a different solutions, and all we do is we support them by giving them a the visibility, right? and changing the nature of the content, very important and be providing them with the funding so that they can actually implemented different. i just idea that they have great. what are some of the main challenges that you've come across that you helping to? so i would say um, i would say acceptance. i feel like when they didn't looking at the german new development corporation landscape in germany, it's hard to talk to spun sauce. and people that you know,

that make donations. and from the angle of we want to invest in the innovative mines on the african continent, people are still used to only want to come back. poverty wants to come about other things. and i'm gonna think these are not important. they're very important, but that cannot be the only way we see or conflict with the continental. oh, so there was a little bit of a, of a challenge to, you know, to, to have that acceptance of seem to constantly different, like, right. i mean, because what fascinates me, you, if you are a full time students here in germany, right? you have, i understand some sort of student jo, both or decide and your running 3 east for africa. i mean, what's driving you to mind as old as how you've been managing all this was the question about the, how is 2 things 1st thing is, um i, i love it like is really my passion. i'm african, i'm kind of union and i see it as my responsibility to work with all the people that have the same interest, the same passion, right? to bring that change in our community as a 1st to,

i'm really extremely passionate about it. and the 2nd thing is, i'm not alone. i read it read important, arrived from the get go, you know, throughout my journey i've had so many people, the support of me and that have helped me for them. you know, for me to get to this point. and, and that is not going to change any time soon. we have a fantastic to my previous for africa. so i think that that is not to be underestimated. that makes a big difference, right. the passion definitely makes a huge difference. just before we go, there are a lot of young people across the country and watching you and want to do exactly what you do and try to solve challenges on the continental. and, you know, try to give it a good image, you know, show us what else is happening on the content. and basically, what is your mistakes besides people stop now and stop now? right? i mean, i speak a lot with people from the asking taskbar here in germany and the like, yeah, i want to get a degree and do x, y, z a before i start doing start? i spell yes. okay. all right. if you, if it's something that you're really passionate about, start of spill, yes, it can, because you're going to learn for the process and you're going to get better as you proceed. but i would say just, just stop now. okay. well, for a few words,

best stop now going to me can fucking level. thank you very much. thank you. 5 and the that's it for now. small boss stories go to d, w dot com slash i forgot, or visit us on social media. so you next time hyphen out the

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