Video: Quality Cocoa in Tanzania
November 03, 2011
A cocoa bean can hold the key to a better life. In this video, TechnoServe's Tanzania staff shows how we are helping farmers to double their incomes by improving the quality and quantity of their cocoa crop. The extra income is raising the standard of living for more than 25,000 farmers in southern Tanzania.
A cocoa bean can hold the key to a better life. In this video, TechnoServe's Tanzania staff shows how we are helping farmers to double their incomes by improving the quality and quantity of their cocoa crop. The extra income is raising the standard of living for more than 25,000 farmers in southern Tanzania.
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