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Cacao seeds production, the main cause of deforestation in Ivory Coast
The production of cocoa seeds takes up 15 percent of GDP in Ivory Coast, which employs 5 percent of the households. The plantation of cacao seeds requires well-drained and rich soils, which are often scarce in tropical regions. And the cacao plantation also requires humidity and heat, which causes the host of fungal, viral, and pest problems. Cacao plantations are the major causes to the deforestation and the environmental destructions in the Ivory coast. 40 percent of the species in the forests of Ivory coast are lost due to cacao plantations.