The story of cocoa production Previous Next A young employee harvests beans from a cocoa tree in the Ivory Coast. (AFP/ Sia Kambou) AFP The cocoa bean: where the story of chocolate begins. (keystone/ap/ Fernando Llano) Keystone Once harvested, cocoa beans are fermented and dried. (AFP/ Luis Acosta) AFP Packaged cocoa beans ready to be taken to market. (reuters/ Yuriko Nakao) Reuters Cocoa beans are sorted and graded by quality. (keystone/ap/ Fernando Llano) Keystone Cocoa production involves plenty of tough manual labour. (keystone/ap/ Ben Curtis) Keystone Many cocoa plantations are trying to ramp up production to meet growing demand. (reuters/ Thierry Gouegnon) Reuters Some 70% of the world's cocoa comes from West Africa - 40% from the Ivory Coast alone. (AP/ Schalk van Zuydam) Keystone Picture 1 Picture 2 Picture 3 Picture 4 Picture 5 Picture 6 Picture 7 Picture 8 This content was published on October 11, 2012 - 12:42 You can find an overview of ongoing debates with our journalists here . Please join us! If you want to start a conversation about a topic raised in this article or want to report factual errors, email us at english@swissinfo.ch.
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