Cocoa Beans Farmers Taste Chocolate For The First Time

Youtube, 30 Jul, 2014

Ivory Coast produces 1.6 million tons of cocoa beans every year, according to reporter Selay Marius Kouassi, making the West African nation the world’s largest exporter.

Kouassi visited with cocoa bean farmer Alfonse, who struggles to get by on 7 euros a day, with which he has to support 15 family members and four labourers on his farm.

With an average cost in Ivory Coast of 2 euros, a chocolate bar is a luxury he cannot afford. In the video footage, Kouassi is seen presenting Alfonse with his first bar.