Cocoa in Africa
![A worker stands among sacks of cocoa beans as they are loaded for shipment at the port in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, May 10, 2011.](https://gdb.voanews.com/cb7d10d2-4a70-4d5c-8bbd-11c333176d58_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A worker stands among sacks of cocoa beans as they are loaded for shipment at the port in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, May 10, 2011.
![Cocoa swollen shoot virus (World Cocoa Foundation)](https://gdb.voanews.com/a7f1a642-bdfe-480b-b45e-4b54b4873c02_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Cocoa swollen shoot virus (World Cocoa Foundation)
![Farmers break cocoa pods in Ghana's eastern cocoa town of Akim Akooko September 6, 2012.](https://gdb.voanews.com/3730216c-023b-42b6-8b8c-5776360f7d15_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Farmers break cocoa pods in Ghana's eastern cocoa town of Akim Akooko September 6, 2012.
![Pod of cocoa plant with black pod infection (left) next to a normal pod (right) (World Cocoa Foundation)](https://gdb.voanews.com/0004ab28-2391-4805-9d95-d8f3c6f5830a_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Pod of cocoa plant with black pod infection (left) next to a normal pod (right) (World Cocoa Foundation)