Today is Easter, and as is the case for many holidays, Americans often celebrate with chocolate.American demand is high.More chocolate is sold here than in any other country in the world.And there are millions of cocoa growers providing the supply, the majority of whom come from just two countries in West Africa: Ivory Coast and Ghana.A new book, "Cocoa," looks at the difficult lives of those growers and their role in the cocoa industry.It was written by Kristy Leissle, who is on the faculty at the University of Washington, and is currently based in Accra, Ghana.She recently spoke with newshour weekend's Megan Thompson.Who are these cocoa bean growers? What conditions do they live in?Yeah, they're all-- 90%, 95% are small holder farmers, which means they own very little,small plots of land, and they grow a tiny fraction, each of them, of the total crop, which is over four million metric tons.So, each one of those cocoa farmers grows just a little bit of that.They live in really challenging conditions.The infrastructure that we enjoy here is not present in the areas where cocoa farmers live.So things like paved roads and running water and electricity, usually they don't enjoy those things.So it's a very challenging life.What kind of income are these growers earning?It's hard to give you an average because there's such a range in how much farmers can grow.Some of the work that I've done has found between $2 and $3 a day, if you average it over time.It's also a little bit misleading to say $2 or $3 a day, because each cocoa farming household has a number of people who live in it,
今天是复活节，节假日里，美国人喜欢用巧克力装点节日气氛。美国人对巧克力的需求量很大。这里卖的巧克力比世界上任何其他国家都多。供给这些需求的可可种植者达数百万之多，其中大部分来自西非的两个国家：科特迪瓦和加纳。一本名为《可可》的新书将着眼点放在这些种植者的艰辛生活以及其在可可产业中发挥得作用。本书作者为华盛顿大学教职人员克里斯蒂・雷斯利，目前居住在阿克拉，加纳。近期，她接受了周末记者梅甘・汤普森的采访。这些可可豆的种植者是谁？他们的生活环境如何？是的，他们都是，90%，95%是小农场主，这意味着他们拥有的土地量很少，他们的种植量很小，每个人，总产量为四百多万公吨。所以，每一位可可种植者的种植量都非常有限。他们的生活环境十分艰苦。我们在这里享受的基础设施，在可可农民居住的地区根本没有。所以像柏油马路、自来水和电力照明这样的东西，他们通常不喜欢。他们生活的环境十分艰苦。这些种植者的收入如何？很难给你一个平均值，因为农民的种植量差别巨大。我所做的研究发现，平均每天约可挣到2到3美元，如果你平均来看。说每天2美元或3美元也有点误导，因为每一个可可农家庭人数众多，
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