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By Inside Edition Staff
Would you believe people are eating less chocolate?
Would you believe people are eating less chocolate? The trend has been causing trouble for cocoa farmers in Africa.
The Ivory Coast is one of the largest producers of cocoa in the world, but stacks of unsold beans show their declining sales. It’s estimated that 100,000 tons of cocoa is just sitting around waiting to be sold, but buyers in the U.S. and Europe have delayed their usual deliveries.
Farmers say their communities are feeling the pinch.
“It has had a negative impact. The day before yesterday I saw children in the streets because their parents did not find buyers for their cocoa so they did not have money to send their children to school,” chocolate trader Alfred Yao told Reuters.
And the impact is being felt thousands of miles away in the Ivory Coast.
The West African country is a major producer of the key ingredient - cocoa.
Now unsold beans are piling up, with around 100,000 tonnes stranded in the bush.
With prices fixed at a minimum $1.82 per kilo, this farmer is afraid buyers simply won t be interested.
I m scared that my cocoa will remain on my hands, he says.
The bottleneck follows a request from chocolate buyers in Europe and the U.S. for a delay in deliveries.
Companies including Mars, Hershey and Barry Callebaut all buy from the Ivory Coast.