In one of the most war-weary regions of the world, a new initiative is attempting to change a country’s brand from ‘conflict’ to ‘cocoa and coffee’.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has been the site of umpteen bloody conflicts and continues to face widespread security, poverty and humanitarian issues. However a new collaborative campaign is looking to alleviate some of those problems by tutoring small-hold farmers in the east of the country in how to properly grow, harvest and prepare cash crops such as coffee and cocoa.
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To read the original article: In This Country Entrepreneurship Literally Runs On Chocolate And Coffee
