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IIt's a guilty pleasure for many of us, but behind each chocolate bar lies the uncomfortable truth that it may have been produced by child labor in West Africa.
Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire are the two largest cocoa producers in the world, with combined production accounting for more than 60% of the world's annual supply of cocoa. But the average cocoa farmer in Ghana earns 60 pounds a day, a paltry sum even in West Africa. Endemic poverty has allowed the rise of the trade of so-called "chocolate slaves".
According to the 2018 Cocoa Barometer, written by a group of 15 European non-profit organizations, an estimated 2.1 million children are working in cocoa fields in Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana …
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