cocoa plantations
Tropical bean estates
Cocoa plantations are large agricultural estates devoted to growing cacao trees for chocolate production.
The term carries historical weight—cocoa plantations in West Africa, the Caribbean, and South America were sites of colonial exploitation and slave labor, a legacy that shadows the industry today.
The documentary examined child labor on cocoa plantations in Côte d'Ivoire.
- pest controlManaging unwanted organisms
- agroforestryTrees integrated with farming
- child laborMinors performing paid work
- GhanaWest African republic
- pruningCutting vegetation for health
fair trade · deforestation · shade trees · volcanic islands · indigenous knowledge · fermentation · bean to bar · Gulf of Guinea · colonial exploitation · slave labor · chocolate · soil fertility · irrigation systems · equator · tropical climate · cacao · cultivation · cash crop
cocoa plantationscoffee plantations
Commercial bean-growing operations
tea plantations · rubber plantations · banana plantations · palm oil plantations · sugar cane plantations
cocoa plantationssubsistence farms
Self-sufficient agricultural plots
kitchen gardens · smallholdings · family farms · community gardens · allotments
cocoa plantationsnature reserves
Protected ecosystems for conservation
fallow land · wilderness · primary forest · urban areas · cities