status folks log on, and others ease off from that's not even fading away. major comm acres in germany, just adjusting the pace towards full electrification. what do you think? leave us a comment below the this is the, the news i forgot coming up on the program. the co crisis in west africa to soon make your favorite chocolate box it likes to be purchased. coco farm isn't gonna say you fucked us like climate change diseases and illegal goldmine and having a devastating effect on the habit of making life unbearable. the best buy the crisis we meet that fall, my income irving, who is premium, the cash from the sorry, the global prices also coming up democrats, the dynasty chats presidential election,

spots debate stations of the power grab on the conan's silenced traps due to a harness and the balance of service out of your positions a election was neither, no fair to speak to an expert and finding solutions to some of the world's biggest problems. experts to printers and decision makers means here, invalid. i talked to the problem solver from kind of trying to address the challenges in his country. the i, i'm eddie mike, a junior and you welcome to the program. west africa is king. when it comes to cocoa, the entire world has a love affair with chocolate. and without cocoa chocolate is a no go. african nations dominates the global coal, coal trade with co,

while donna cameroon, and nigeria, producing 70 percent of the cocoa beans, consumed globally. but that taste for chocolate is proven on expensive habits. and some, obviously, the price of the sweet stuff may soon be twice what it was. because the cost of the raw material is only going off. what's the price of a ton of cocoa has increased almost $5.00 fold since late 2023. so how does that compare to our objects of desire, se michael chips says this top of the cocoa prizes have you been out for fall and says, and the welds lead and compute such a giant in video? so what's driving price is so high. take a look, i've gone to the wealth, 2nd largest producer facing the catastrophic harvest. you need deepening cocoa crisis, but use as i've seen, a wave will be legal, gold mining, wiping out the trees with many deciding just to sell the applause. climate change is also doing, it's done each kind of house last it's cool for cost this. yeah. because of all to

dry a web that's boost. and one thing, the cool, cool industries, the equivalent of the cold with, and then it was a viral disease that it ruins you before it kills the trees completely. right? so eve, the trees are being affected like affected by this. if i does is it retains the ability to verify that the loan have in fruit on it saves no comey if need therefore. so with that, we are also using supporting the national code or the kind of would be that we supply into that the system in the process to the course enough kind of room is advocacy said law just co co producer and one farm of this that coco season is a season of cash, cocoa provides about 90 percent of the income for rural communities involved in

this production. the use of laser young spoke to a farmer in the village of low income ruins literal region, who is tenant his cash crop into consumer goods. quicker than jelly, frank has come to a local financial shop to spend the profits from his last google been sale. he's checking on the focus of a new bit, his oldest. well, his wife thought that it's costing him $70000.00 francs around a $115.00. that's about twice the multi 1000000 loan, which can be rude. and it was not, these would not like it because then that costs $70000.00 but increasing google and yeah, that seem to have done that before that. so i'd like to get things over the past the,

the small who does to hit that quickly. plantation here in the initial bloom has brought in 5 time more money than the ever did before. cameras, google prizes went up dramatically after half a slumber include the war and gone to this. this is motivated here in court. that is clean is form in preparation for the next. how this sees it seems the price has gone up, has really been if you've done me a lot, because uh i've sold out so quick. wow. so much cool. cool. when that i've had to increase my income and even like increase my son, that the stuff that i'm leaving the farm was uncomfortable enough also stuff up for a long drive and what seasons the better of competitive could you saw elsewhere in africa? monte harry is a member of the colored wooden coffee board. i think uh, this is

a one time experience that we are having in the sector where the from my is capable of, you know, i'm saying confidentially that the price that he's receiving for the work that is done is beneficial. i'm very encouraging to him it's, it's a dream come through and i think that from us kind of leaves from the levels of the eyes. but there's one drawback. verizon cool comprised means almost like winter have to constantly be on deck. god gives to use these before that they used to go to the found that it was to wagner plus nice in the night and then the end of august in the so we are like looking for some manuals like a, creating some, some groups to like wanting to monitoring new routes coming from the sun. that's to

reduce is they've got our purple and no funds. many farmers have given the green, cool, cool because of high production costs. low incomes. now they're coming back, some lighting quinta, outlets in new trees and hope that the cool will remain across the bridge. and gosh, joining me now is christy last week, research a all 5 consultants in the coal, coal on chocolate industries. welcome to the program. christy. now we've just seen pharmacy in cameroon benefits and from the sar and global price of cocoa binding, gonna coco farm is, are struggling. what's causing this difference? i think a few things are causing the difference. so yeah, one is, is definitely a price related issue. so in gonna the producers, the farmers operate on a fixed price market, which means that the price that they receive for their cocoa was stopped by the government. and while the government did raise the price that they received,

you know, thanks to the sky, rocketing co crisis globally. they raised it by 50 percent, which is a significant increase and producer price. that it's still, you know, it is still limited to that amount. and so even if the global market price for to go up higher, i doubt that it wouldn't even if it, if it were to happen, the farmers would still be receiving that, that price for their cocoa. so they are limited in terms of the, the year um, their income because of the price i think by the government. mm. uh, so what stopping the gun in government from macon farm is benefit from the high price is also yeah, so that's a great question. answer again, they did raise the producer phrase and they raised it by 50 percent, which is really big increase. but i think what's stopping them from raising the price higher is the government government through their, their marketing boards on a coord. let's think of a lot of work to protect and support their crop. and so i'm gonna,

these are known globally to be the highest quality bulk could be as on the market because the farmers know how to from it. there beings very well they know how to drive them very well. the flavor of gone and cocoa is essentially the flavor of chocolate as we know it. and so, you know, kind of cool board has to work really hard to protect that reputation and protect the quality of their product. and that has many so, you know, there is a portion of, of their coco exports that they, they retain that the, the proceeds from not in order to do this work of protecting and maintaining their national supply and quite to balance in knoxville. unfortunately, it's the farm is that are struggling and the i know really getting the benefit from this, this overall high demand for co cool about factors like climate change is affecting production, decrease and supply, which makes it more expensive. so how long come to find my uncomfortable and for instance, benefit from, from this situation where you know, the cost of a high price is making money from it,

or build benefit as long as the supply scenario last, and we are in a really dramatic moment in terms of focus supply, so i wasn't done a few weeks ago and the farmers i spoke with there were harvesting about a 3rd of their normal a harvest. and so that isn't really, really dramatic. fall in, in cocoa supply. and that is due to a number of factors, you know, climate change being a big one, the only annual cycle that we're currently in causing drought conditions in west africa. another big one. but of course, you know, the, all of these conditions add up to a market where you have really high prices. so i think that the farmers and cameron will benefit as long as we see this really constrains supply scenario. but at the same time, if they also are experiencing the same kind of a 3rd or half of their normal harvest, of course, they're only earning those higher prices on much less crop. so,

so there's only the equations to take into account. how much are you growing and multiply that by the price? and so it's a very good market situation. yeah, definitely. sounds complicated. i mean so, so we know the challenge, what can be down urgently to address the challenges and try to tie, turn things around to it. that is such a great question and i think it's the question that's been kind of hanging over the critical industry for many years now because there is no substitute for coco we. we have some initiative as now to create talk as far as using other kinds of things. i'm not nationally bronco countries, but generally uh there is no other substitute that we have. so i think if, if the, the chocolate industry wants to protect their product, which is beloved around the world, then they need to be some serious attention to improving farmer livelihoods. and that probably is going to come with a supply chain analysis that moves more money to the farmers in whatever

way that needs to happen. because of course, corporate doesn't just fly from a farm, you know, into a chocolate factory. there's many, many middle man and treaters in between who all have to stay in business as well. they all need to take their kite, but we need a serious um, you know, re evaluation of how many moves do the supply chain and how we can concentrate more of those financial resources of the farmer end. right. christy. lastly, research all of our consultants in nicole and chocolate industries. thank you very much for your time. i what a pleasure. thank you. is chad at democracy or dynasty? the people of the country cost you a balance on may 6th, the fast presidential election says a wave of close head advocates, the whole region. the vote comes 3. yes, of the chaps. currants, military lead came to office. how about the b c's pa,

in 2021. after rebels killed his long routing father, and the son has been head office in milledgeville. and since then, when a forced out general to the how you promised to hand back pallets with civilian government within 18 months. but it did not trigger in violent protests when he extended his entering the presidency in 2022. last year, child held ever for random on a new constitution, which the homes i said would be a key step towards the beginning go on democracy. deposition says, if pay, if the wait for the be to cement his grip on power, much like the current election. critics argue. davies. main arrival. yeah. yeah. deal with shot dead in an army assault on his policies. headquarters in february human rights. what says he was killed point blank, but a single bullets to the head. these main surviving arrival is success myself. and organize that or between the 2 into 2 tests, who have slept to ex,

adding the seat in january, in a surprise twist to be granted him on amnesty and appointed him prime minister is spots. he says his supporters have been intimidated and his own put on disadvantages. what critics of the visa master is just the student and the election just to show, guaranteeing the add to the to remains in power and leaving little real choice for chad young voters. small and best, let's bring in lieu of legal g wiley. he's a political analyst and an expert on this a hell region with a substitute for security studies in the car. hello and welcome to the program. so chad has held elections by the entire room. president is the son of the old president. his main arrival was gone down and he invited his arrival to take part. is this really democratic? thank you so much for having me. this is 5 home and watch the guy once he does that,

includes the bud transferring them over. see, i think what we're getting talking isaac parks, democrats in the process, but to gladly be later up from a mix of that task out in we do. we know it's also the point. i mean, the content we're not as regards marketing is also the home pyre. of the entire process and what is the become brought to the homepage collection? of course that's the way that the, the main number was the so you know, when data was removed off to you in the past few weeks. so i think it's just the little bands, i mean, generic, fantastic. and it gives it as, yeah, so, so important set on the bottles. and how big of a problem is that this is equal in 4 times in terms of being time out. the movers in the say that the been people maybe for the quest for peace because that you know, days and we,

we just give me just one piece and they don't maybe the hall in the past of what is up in, into media now. does that go safety, let us just for the next and like what do you use to describe as a previous case? so i think that's the number one thing because it turned out to be, we're not fix hall then in the recess of between has the lecture last week in place . but these are b good. we do not in any case and the same, right. let's see, the images brought in by the name trends and twins am. in the last 3 years, the whole bed has been created straight from model to this data both for the sake of these and obviously little. just leave me a nice afternoon, sandra. so licks and democrats across the show will take place in my me book, you know, fossil, i didn't need the song points, we don't know how we will, how long next good to be. bark has said we are targeted by notting, steve, we've got to predict what is going to happen. i think what is going on in child

nice going to meeting glue that would integrate into this country when you've reached the milestone for democratic privacy. so what do i mean by piece up was to show we be negligible or maybe the voice we also we, i've tried, i mean, been taken out of the entire day. and i mean, in terms of maybe come across it for a whole approximately beats and then the election gonna associate degrees. that's what makes sure that's what we practiced for the product. but what is much more japanese? that's where i went to see a situation in which the trustee sort of process is going to have listened to the maybe changing top is search. and will that be also if i want to use the water points, do we need both of them save on the bottles and at the same time, the timing out every to win the mixer. so yeah, target did the time be added, or does that mean from, from, from what you say in how you're describing it. this sort of spells do for the region as you say, sort of a playbook where you can just take power,

hold elections and remaining power. that's and that's, that's not the way you know. we expect it to go. is it easy for the one to do right? want to use what is going on now is completely briggs. i just to see to mike. and he said that some people because they have access to being called remove democrats academy. let me just, i mean boys themselves. and then also the democratic transition. and we do know that by subsidies in the rest of these because they're coming into power source solution and they're not below our supervisor. e cause it to some the referendum in which it will just sit on the bottle and doing deep or nothing. i part continue going through the even the rest of my life music was in cambridge. wheaton street was said to be at tours, democrats, and called, asked you to do the quantities of never see somebody knew some,

some people which i pointed out to be because, i mean, does like a trade, you know, nice like you have some jobs who have the doors not all these days, but because they have access to the gone this, these all and then the need, why be boxed democratic process? that is, what is we know what's going to happen or what does that mean? and jack is not the person i would have to say the call is being is be right. well, it really, what do i need from the centuries for security studies? thank you very much. i or thank you so much. so i'll have him here in bed in the global solutions. so i'm, it's takes place. honestly. it's an international conference that aims to find solutions to some of the biggest problems we are facing in the well today. address plenty of experts from the think tanks, governance business on civil society assignments also invites young people from all over the world. who wants to solve an acute problem with a concrete idea,

you'll get one of them as a young man from coming. come to me, you can fuck more forward is needed as founded. i'm association called 3 east africa. the 3 e stand for education. what holman, and eco friendly, and that seems like there's a clip from his organization. so i really want to see the baby was maybe europe, europe, news, and make a difference here in the country to come in. he says he has too much potential together because really make it and also countries we as the big move to create sustainable structures from the beginning and address the challenge as an advocate. so wow. to make that because most of

the that was very inspiring slips from your organization. come to me, kind of fuck, wonderful welcome. thank you for having me. yeah, i mean, 1st question is really straightforward. what inspired you to sets up 3 ease for africa? i think when i, when i move to germany for my studies, a couple of years back when i arrived the 1st question i asked my service, what can i do immediately? you know, young, new experience just like a big, you know, my says, what can i do right now to create impact and kind of when we just, when i come from. and that's kind of like where, you know what the energy came from. and when i look at the problem, when you look at the development corporation aspect, the jimmy or the dynamics between germany and african countries, you see that on a talk to targeting base deployment corporation is, is more of time is just the image of the content. because it's about, let's portray it is a negative image of other continents, you know,

into the typical sphere with typical image. just let me know. and let's step into kind of like, you know, provide a solutions to these particular problems. but that's not all what i face about and then i can concern about so we wanted to increase profit. we wanted to kind of like change the way development corporation actually happens. and that's, that's, that's really deep. i have to tell you, i've been asking myself the same question. what is africa? is it the same? and up over to diseases that we see on the screen all the time. so it's really, in spite already from, from what you've said. how exactly is your association do trying to find solutions or tackle these challenges that you use? that great question. i mean there are 2, there are 2 parts that with the 1st part and that's something that was very important for me. because before finding the association, i was, you know, i'll talk to and all that. and joe was, and i realized side in these and he was doing not many of the projects in africa, but not many of them are africans. so when we found a preschool advocate, we were like, we want this to be an organization that has an african identity. so we're an african taskbar organization, right? so 70 to 80 percent of all the members of the addition of african descent born. you

are born with the content like myself, that is the very 1st, but so we understand that tendencies on the customer because that's ex students. them, you know, individually or throughout parents. but also we understand to control context. the 2nd aspect of this is we don't initiate projects, right? we increase for africa. what we're saying is just students come to us. we try to students, we really believe that because you are experts of the china interesting phase every single day. and you should be the one to bring the solutions. so the students come to us and propose a different solutions. and all we do is we support them by giving them a the visibility, writing and changing the email, dropped the content very important, and be provided with the funding so that they can actually implemented different ideas that you already have. great. what are some of the main challenges that you've come across that you helping to? so i would say, i would say acceptance. i feel like when they didn't looking at the german new development corporation landscape in germany, it's hard to talk to spun sauce. and people that you know,

that make donations. and from the angle of we want to invest in the innovative mines on the african continent. people are still used to only want to come back, poverty wants to come, but other things, and i'm gonna think is the most important and very important. but that cannot be the only way we see or conflict with the continental. oh, so there was a little bit of a, of a challenge to, you know, to, to have that acceptance of seem to completely different light. right? i mean, because what fascinates me, you, if you are a full time students here in germany, right. you have, i understand some sort of student jo, both or the side and your running 3 east for africa. i mean, what's driving you to mind as old as how you've been managing all the web? the question about the, how is 2 things? first thing is i, i love it like is really my passion. i'm african, i'm kind of union and i see it as my responsibility to work with all the people that have the same interest, the same passion, right? to bring that change in our community as

a 1st to i'm really extremely passionate about it. and the 2nd thing is, i'm not alone. i read it, read important, arrived from the get go, you know, throughout my journey i've had so many people, the support of me and that have helped me for them. you know, for me to get to this point and, and that is not going to change any time soon. we have a fantastic to my previous for africa. so i think that that is not to be underestimated. that makes a big difference. right. the passion definitely makes a huge difference. just before we go there, a lot of young people across the continent watching you and want to do exactly what you do and try to solve challenges on the continental. and, you know, try to give it a good image. you know, show us what else is happening on the content. and basically what did you want me to say for such people stop now and stop now? right. i mean, i speak a lot with people from the asking taskbar here in germany and the like, yeah, i want to get a degree and do x, y, z a before i start doing start? i spell yes. okay. all right. if you, if it's something that you're really passionate about, start of spill, yes, it can, because you're going to learn for the process and you're going to get better as you proceed. but i would say just, just stop now. okay. well, for

a few words desktop now going to me can fucking level. thank you very much. thank you. 5 and the that's it for now. small boss stories go to d, w dot com slash advocate, or visit us on social media. so you next time hyphen out the

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