Brazil is looking to become the global leader in sustainable cocoa.
Cattle is known to be the only commodity in the Amazon region, but Medicilandria is looking to change that. They want to persuade cattle farmers to switch to growing cocoa, which originates in the Amazon rainforest, according to Reuters.
If the cocoa can be grown in a “high-biodiversity agroforestry system,” Brazil can lead the global market for cocoa production. By doing this, it can also be a constant flow of income for family farmers.
Story via Terry Slavin with Reuters
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