Indonesia's cocoa farmers work with businesses, NGOs to fight bitter impact of climate change
Balazs Barabas
TANJUNG REJO, Indonesia: The loud whirr of a chainsaw sounds through the forest as a small group of farmers gathers around a tree filled with red seed pods. With one slow stroke, a severed knobby branch hits the ground. “Now it will help the tree grow new fruit,” farmer Tari Santoso says with a smile. Thousands of cocoa farmers across Indonesia like Santoso are working with businesses and other organisations to protect their crops from the bitter impacts of climate change and underinvestment
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