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Article: The Witch's Curse.
- Article from:
- Revista Latin Trade
- Article date:
- September 1, 2000
- Author:
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A deadly fungus ravages Brazil's cacao crop, once the world's largest.
ON A REMOTE HACIENDA NEAR THIS TOWN IN SOUTHERN Bahia state, the piercing noise of a chain saw echoes over the rolling hills, followed by the thunderous thump of a colossal tree crashing to the ground. After a brief silence, the whining of the chain saw resumes. From a bird's eye view, the dark green carpet formed by the canopy of tall tropical forest is marked by large clearings, some peppered with rotting tree stumps, others already converted into pasture and farm land.
These are the scars of a deadly disease that has ravaged what was once the worlds largest cacao-growing region. As ...
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