Brazil’s cocoa industry is experiencing a notable revival, rebounding from a major setback in the 1980s when disease ravaged its once globally dominant cocoa crops. Today, the nation is on the brink of a cocoa renaissance. Fresh investments are flowing in, rejuvenating both new and traditional cultivation areas. Valmir Ortega of Belterra Agroflorestas believes Brazil […]
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