Rejuvenating Côte d’Ivoire’s Cocoa Industry
How the Rainforest Alliance is addressing the urgent financial needs of smallholder farmers in the world’s largest cocoa-producing country
![A cocoa farmer in Côte d’Ivoire holds a small cocoa plant. [Photo Credit: Noah Jackson]](https://rafrogblogus.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/6166870509_1ce49722e3_z-1.jpg?w=426&h=290&crop=1)
![Children in a Rwandan village wave hello as they play in water. [Photo Credit: Nice and Serious]](https://rafrogblogus.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/screen-shot-2016-08-02-at-5-30-52-pm-2.png?w=640&h=290&crop=1)
![Intan Fardinatri discusses training materials in the Rainforest Alliance's Indonesia office. [Photo Credit: Paul Stanchfield]](https://rafrogblogus.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/intan-1_edt-11.jpg?w=640&h=290&crop=1)
![A cocoa farmer in Ghana spreads out beans for drying. [Photo Credit: Marcus Schaefer]](https://rafrogblogus.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/10409660305_150f0efac6_z.jpg?w=640&h=290&crop=1)
![The Carmelita forest concession in Guatemala. [Photo Credit: Sergio Izquierdo sergioizquierdo.com]](https://rafrogblogus.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/17959963929_fc7b244645_z.jpg?w=640&h=290&crop=1)
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