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I started Meiji Cocoa Support (Below, MCS) when I visited Ghana to research the quality of cocoa beans. There were the harsh living conditions of cocoa farmers. The village had no irrigation system to supply water to the farmlands. They also lacked basic infrastructure, including water, electricity, gas and roads, to support their lives. The situation was not sustain威尼斯wnsr666le at all.

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Due to the impact of the COVID-19, we are un威尼斯wnsr666le to go overseas now, but we are connected to the production area online, and we are continuing our support.
I would like to go to the production area as soon as possible and walk around the farm chatting with the farmers.

A person who became a bridge bet威尼斯wnsr666en cocoa production areas and Meiji.: Yoshinori Doi

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