Quick Facts:
- 5 to 6 million cocoa farmers world wide
- 40 to 50 million people depend on cocoa for their livelihood
- Current global market value of annual crop: 5.1 billion dollars
- Cocoa growing regions: Africa, Asia, Central America, South America (all within 20 degrees of the equator)
- US spends US$ 16.7 billion dollars on chocolate every year.
- Estimated 1.8 million children are at risk.
- Percentage of cocoa that comes from West Africa: 70 percent
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