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In Uruçuca, Brazil, Martin Aitkin (right) of M&M Mars, Inc., discusses low bean yield with local farmers. Before widespread witches'-broom problems, this 40-by-80-foot drying platform would have been covered with harvested cacao beans.
Photo by Scott Bauer.
