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Chocolate farmers in Ghana are being kept in poverty by government controlled pricing. Even with the demand of chocolate increasing farmers are not experiencing any change. Most supplement their income by selling vegetables and homemade alcohol in local markets.

This article spotlights how the Western countries influence is reducing child labor issues on Ghana chocolate farms. The article gives good information on where to find more sources on the issue. However, it is contradictory to everything else I have found so far.

This article details the travesty for child labor still being used. The focus is on Stephen Addo, who was once in child labor himself, and what he is doing to stop the continuation. The effort aims to rescue and rehabilitate children forced to work, and also bring and end to child labor.