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A global issue revolves around insufficient funding for agricultural projects, imposing immense stress on grassroots farmers. This contributes to deforestation, as people resort to using wood for cooking and cutting down trees due to limited financial incentives to protect their environment. Most of the labor is executed by farmers trapped in poverty due to the lack of avenues to improve their income.
They lack the processes, knowledge, and resources necessary to compete with corporations that control over 90% of the global coconut market.