‘They will do it legally or illegally’: Interview with James Giahyue on Liberia’s cocoa boom

Mongabay
Aug 26, 2026, 7:05 am91 pts
In 2024, the price of cacao on world markets spiked dramatically, nearly quintupling from what it had been a year earlier. Prices have since dropped, but along with a land crunch in Côte d’Ivoire, the world’s top producer of the commodity, the prospect of high financial rewards have helped to drive a rapid…

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