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Cocoa’s impact in West Africa

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A new high-resolution map of cocoa plantations in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana allows for large-scale accurate studies of the impact of cocoa cultivation on the landscape and better understanding of priority areas where improvements of cultivation practices are needed.

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  1. Digital Inclusion, International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), Hanoi, Vietnam

    Thibaud Vantalon

  2. Digital Inclusion, Bioversity International, Montpellier, France

    Louis Reymondin

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Vantalon, T., Reymondin, L. Cocoa’s impact in West Africa. Nat Food 4, 452–453 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-023-00774-1

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