Sparks debate stations of the power grab on the opponents and silenced traps due to harness and the balance of service out of new positions. A election was neither, no fair to speak to an expert and finding solutions to some of the worlds biggest problems. Experts to printers and Decision Makers means here, invalid. I talked to the Problem Solver from come are trying to address the challenges in his country. The i, im eddie mike, a junior and you welcome to the program. West africa is king. When it comes to cocoa, the entire world has a love affair with chocolate. And without cocoa. Chocolate is a no go. African nations dominates the global coal, coal trade with co devora, a, donna, cameroon, and nigeria. But using 70 percent of the cocoa beans consumed globally. But that taste for chocolate is proven and expensive habits. And some, obviously, the price of the sweet stuff may soon be twice what it was, because the cost of the raw material is only going off. Whats the price of a ton of cocoa has increased almost 5. 00 fold since late 2023. So how does that compare to our objects of desire, se michael chips, south of the cocoa prizes have you been out for the fall and says, and the welds lead and compute such a giant in video . So whats driving price is so high. Take a look at gonna the worlds 2nd largest producer, facing the catastrophic habits. You need the vin in coal, coal crisis, but use us. Ive seen the wave will be legal, gold mining, wiping out the trees, with many deciding just to sell the applause. Climate change is also doing its damage. Got a house last its cool. Cool. Forecast this. Yeah. Because of all to dry a web thats boost in one thing. The cool, Cool Industries equivalent of the cool with and then it was a viral disease that ruins seals before it kills the trees completely. Right . So eve, the trees are being affected like affected by this. If i does is it retains the ability, the folks that dont have in foods on, it saves no comey it need, therefore. So with that, we are also using, supporting the national code, the or the kind of would be that we supply into that the system in the process to the course in a kind of room is advocacy said law, just co co producer and one form of asset coco season is a season of cash. Cocoa provides about 90 percent of the income for Rural Communities involved in this production of use of laser young spoke to a farmer in the village of low income ruins literal region. Who is tenant his cash crop into consumer goods. Quicker than jelly fac has come to a local financial shop to spend the profits from his last cook will be in sale. Hes checking on the focus of a new bit, his oldest, while his wife thought that its costing him 70000 francs. I dont know, 115. 00, thats about twice the monthly minimum, which can be rude fee and it was not, these were not like, yes is it because then that was 70000. 00, but increasing. Cool. Cool. Yeah. This, you know, on that is what i have. So im at the to, and you can think over the past the, the small who does to hit that cool plantation here in the village of lou has brought in 5 time more money than the ever did before. Cameras, google prizes went up dramatically after half a slumber include the war and gone to this. This is motivated here in court. That is clean is formed in preparation for the next. How the season sees the price has gone up. Has really been that it doesnt mean a lot because uh ive sold out so quick. Wow. So much cool. Cool. And that ive had to increase my income and even like increase my son that the study that im leaving the farm was encumbered with enough also stuff up for a long drive and what seasons they are better off competitive could use us elsewhere in africa. Monte harry is a member of the colored wooden coffee board. I think uh, this is a one time experience that we are having in the sector. Whether somebody is capable of, you know, um, saying confidentially dot the prize that is receiving for the work that is done is beneficial and very encouraging through him its, its a dream come through. And i think that from us kind of leaves from the levels of the eyes. But theres one drawback. Verizon cool comprise means from us letting quinta have to constantly be on deck. God gives to use these before that they used to go to the found that it was to why i knew plus nice in the night and then the end of how this thing that cool. So we are like looking for some measures like a crate and some some hoops to like wanting to monitoring the roots. Coming from the sun, like to release is theyve got our purple and no funds. Many farmers have given up green, cool, cool, because of high production costs. Low incomes. Now theyre coming back, some lighting quinta applied to new trees and hope that the cool will remain across the bridge. And gosh, joining me now is christy lastly, research off consultants in the coal, coal on chocolate industries. Welcome to the program. Christy. Now weve just seen pharmacy in cameroon benefits. And from the sar and global price of cocoa binding, gonna coco farm is, are struggling. Whats causing this difference . I think a few things are causing the difference. So one is, is definitely a price related issue. So in gonna the producers, the farmers operate on a fixed price market, which means that the price that they receive for their cocoa is set by the government. And while the government did raise the price that they received, you know, thanks to the sky, rocketing co crisis globally. They raised it by 50 percent, which is a significant increase in Producer Price. That its still, you know, it is Still Limited to that amount. And so even if the Global Market price for to go up higher, i doubt that it wouldnt even if it, if it were to happen, the farmers would still be receiving that, that price for their cocoa. So they are limited in terms of the, the year um, their income because of the pricing by the government. Hm. Uh, so what stopping the guardian government from macon farm is benefit from the high prizes also. Yeah, so thats a great question answer again. They did raise the Producer Price and they raised it by 50 percent, which is really big increase. But i think whats stopping them from raising the price higher is the government governments through their, their marketing boards on a cocoa board. So you have a lot of work to protect and support their crop. And so im gonna, these are known globally to be the highest quality bulk could be as on the market because the farmers know how to from it. There beings very well they know how to drive them very well. The flavor of gone and cocoa is essentially the flavor of chocolate as we know it. And so, you know, kind of cool where it has to work really hard to protect that reputation and protect the quality of their crop. And thats just money. So, you know, there is a portion of, of their coco exports that they, they retain that, that the proceeds from not in order to do this work of protecting and maintaining their National Supply and quite to balance in knoxville. Unfortunately its the farm is that uh struggling and the i know really getting the benefit from this uh theres overall high demand for co cool about factors like Climate Change is affecting production, decrease and supply, which makes it more expensive. So how long come to find my income around, for instance, benefit from, from this situation where you know, the costs of a high price is making money from it, or build benefit as long as the supply scenario last, and we are in a really dramatic moment in terms of local supply, so i wasnt done a few weeks ago and the farmers i spoke with there were harvesting about a 3rd of their normal a harvest. And so that is a really, really dramatic fall in, in cocoa supply. And that is due to a number of factors, you know, Climate Change being a big one, the only annual cycle that were currently in causing Drought Conditions in west africa. Another big one. But of course, you know, the, all of these conditions add up to a market where you have a really high price is. So i think that the farmers and cameron will benefit as long as we see this really constrains supply scenario. But at the same time, if they also are experiencing the same kind of a 3rd or half of their normal harvest, of course, theyre only earning those higher prices on much less crop. So, so theres only the equations to take into account. How much are you growing and multiply that by the price . And so its a very good market situation. Definitely sounds that complicated. I mean so, so we know the challenge, what can be done urgently to address the challenges and try to tie, turn things around to is that is such a great question and i think its the question thats been kind of hanging over the critical industry for many years now because there is no substitute for oh we, we have some initiative as now to create talk as far as using other kinds of things. Im not nationally bronco entries, but generally uh there is no other substitute that we have. So i think if, if the, the top of the industry wants to protect their product, which is beloved around the world, then they need to be some serious attention to improving farmer livelihoods. And that probably is going to come with a supply chain analysis that moves more money to the farmers in whatever way that needs to happen. Because of course, corporate doesnt just fly from a farm, you know, into a chocolate factory. Theres many, many middle man and treaters in between who all have to stay in business as well. They all need to take their kite, but we need a serious um, you know, re evaluation of how many moves do the supply chain and how we can concentrate more of those Financial Resources of the farmer end. Right. Christy. Lastly, research all of our consultants in nicole and calculate industries. Thank you very much for your time. I what a pleasure to thank you. Is chad at democracy or dynasty . The people of the country cost the balance on may 6th, the fast president ial election. So as a wave of close head advocates, the whole region, the vote comes 3 years after chaps. Currants, military lead came to office. How about the b cs pa, in 2021. After rebels killed his long routing father and the son has been head off in milledgeville and since then, when a forced out general to the hell you promised to hand back pallets with civilian government within 18 months. But he did not trigger in violent protests when he extended his entering the presidency in 2022 last year child held ever for random on a new constitution, which the homes i said would be a key step towards the beginning go on democracy. The physician says it pay for the wait for the b to cement his grip on power. Much like the current election. Critics argue, davies. Main arrival. Yeah, yeah. Deal was shot dead in an army assault on his policies. Headquarters and february human rights. What says he was killed, point blank with a single bullets to the head. These main surviving arrival is success myself and organize that or between the 2 into 2 to attest. Who have slept to ex, adding the seat in january, in a surprise twist to be granted him on an s t and appointed him Prime Minister dispatcher, who says his supporters have been intimidated and is soon put on the civilians. But critics of the visa master is just a student in the election just to show, guaranteeing the add to the to remains in power and leaving little real choice for chad young voters. From all invest, lets bring in a little late o g o wiley. Hes a political analyst and im experts on this. The whole region. What is that seemed for Security Studies in the car. Hello and welcome to the program. So chad has held elections by the entire room. President , is the son of the old president. His main arrival was gone down and he invited his arrival to take part. Is this really democratic . Thank you so much for having me. This is 5 home. Um, whats the god once he does that includes the bud transfer and then well proceed. I think more, we are competing tax and isaac padia, democrats and process, particularly the letter of from a mix of that task out in we do, we use also the data for content. Were not, has we got margin. Hes also the home pyre of the entire process. And what is the level become property competency collection . Of course, thats the way that the, the main number was the so you know, when dad was removed off to you in the past few weeks. So i think its just the little bands and i didnt get era fantastic and it gives us. Yeah. So, so put himself on the bottles. And how big of a problem is that this is equal in 4 times in terms of being time that the movers in the say so that the, the people maybe for the quest for peace because that you know, days and we, we just give me just one piece and they dont maybe the hall in the past of what is up and into media now, i guess. Okay, let us just for the next and like what do you use to describe ross a previous case . So i think thats the number one thing because it turned out to be, were not fix hall then in the recess of teaching as a lecture last week in place. But these are b good. We do not, in any case, im saying i, lets see, the images brought in by the name trends and twins am. In the last 3 years, the beds are being created straight from model to this data, both for the sake of these and obviously a little just leave me and us as to the same truck. So it makes and democratic trust, so will take place in my book, you know, fossil, i didnt need the song points, we dont know how we will, how long next good to be. But like i said, we are targeted to find not exceed, weve got to predict what is going to happen. I think what is going on in child. Nice. Going to meet the blue flight in this country when youve reached the milestone for democratic privacy. So what do i mean by this . All possi, so we be negligible, maybe the voice we also we, ive tried, i mean, been taken out of the entire day and i mean in terms of maybe come across the whole approximately beads and then the next of regardless of the degree stats and make sure thats what we practiced for the product. But what is much more japanese that we are going to see a situation in which the trustee sort of process is going to have listened to the maybe changing top is search and we, thatd be also i wouldnt use the water points that we knew both of them save on the bottles and at the same time, the timing out every to win the election. So yeah, target the did the time being added . Very good. I mean from, from, from what you say in how youre describing it. This sort of spells do for the region as you say, sort of a playbook where you can just take power, hold elections and remaining power. Thats and thats, thats not the way you know. We expect it to go. Is it easy for the one to do right . Want to use what is going on now is completely briggs. I just to see to mike. And he said that some people because they have access to be gone, remove democrats academy. Let me just, i mean, boys themselves. And then most the democratic transitions. And we do know that by subsidies in the rest of these because theyre coming into power source solution. Now im very, you know, develop our suffice e cause it to some the referendum in which it will just sit on the bottle and doing deep or nothing. I part continue going through the even the rest of my life music was in cambridge. Wheaton street was said to be at tours, democrats, and called, asked you to do the quantities of never. Ready the somebody knew some song which i pointed out, to be honest because, i mean, just like a trade, you know, needs like you have 2 jobs who have the doors on all these days. But because they have access to the gone, this, these are and then the need, why be boxed democratic process . That is what we know whats going to happen. But what does that mean . And jack is not the person. I would have to say the call has been is the right way. What do i need from the sensory for Security Studies . Thank you very much. I thank you so much. So ill have him here in bed in the Global Solutions im, its takes place. Honestly, its an International Conference that aims to find solutions to some of the biggest problems we are facing in the world today. Address plenty of experts from the think tanks, governance business on Civil Society assignments also invites young people from all over the world. Who wants to solve an acute problem with a concrete idea and go get one of them as a young man from kind of going to me you can fuck more forward is needed as found an association called 3 east africa. The 3 e stands for education. What holmans and eco friend in this inbox eclipse from his organization. So i really wanted to see the state or maybe europe, europe, news funds make a difference here in the country to come in. He says he has too much potential together because really make it. And also contribute we the big movement who could create Sustainable Structures from the beginning and addressed the challenges and advocates. So wow. To make advocate most of the that was very inspiring slips from your organization. Come to me, kind of fuck, wonderful welcome. Thank you for having me. Yeah, i mean, 1st question is really straightforward. What inspired you to sets up 3 east for africa . I think when i, when i moved to germany for my studies, a couple of years back when i arrived the 1st question i asked my service, what can i do immediately . You know, young, new experience just and a big, you know, my says what can i do right now to create impact and kind of win, which is why i come from. And thats kind of like where, you know, the energy came from. And when i look at the problem, when you look at the Development Corporation aspect of jeremy, all the dynamics between germany and african countries, you see that on a talked to Touching Base deployment corporation is, is more of time is just the image of the content. Because its about, lets portray it is a negative image of other continents, you know, into the typical sphere with typical image. Just let me know. And lets step into kind of like, you know, provide a solutions to these particular problems. But thats not, or what i face about, and then i can concern about, so we wanted to increase profit. We wanted to kind of like change the way Development Corporation actually happens. And thats, thats, thats really deep. I have to tell you, ive been asking myself the same question. What is africa . Is it the same . And up over to diseases that we see on the screen all the time. So its a really, in spite already from,