The Ivorian government thinks it’s trying to do its cocoa farmers a solid by guaranteeing export prices, rather than leaving folks at the mercy of a capricious market. But the farmers don’t seem to appreciate the gesture, for the way the prices are apparently being calculated by bureaucrats who don’t understand the country’s on-the-ground realities: […]
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No Half Measures
September 19th, 2012 · 1 Comment
Tags:agriculture·cocoa·corruption·economics·Ivory Coast·smuggling