Unlike many of its neighboring West African nations, Liberia is not known as a traditional mainstream producer of cocoa beans. It produces about 10,000 metric tons of cocoa beans a year, just 0.2% of world’s production. Redimere chocolates is producing chocolate 70% dark chocolate, and cocoa tea. Unlike many of its neighboring West African nations, Liberia is not known as a traditional mainstream producer of cocoa beans. Despite the vital role cocoa plays, incentives and opportunities for producers to benefit from growing and selling cocoa beans are few.

Source: Front Page Africa October 13, 2020 05:48 UTC