Female worker carrying basket of freshly cut cocoa pods on a plantation in Bahia. july 1991.

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Female worker carrying basket of freshly cut cocoa pods on a plantation in Bahia. july 1991 The price of cocoa has dropped by two thirds since 1985. Today more than half the area's workforce is unemployed. The extensive plantations mean there is no other land for them to use to grow food crops.

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Size: 3780px × 5332px
Location: Bahia, Brazil
Photo credit: © Mike Goldwater / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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