Unfortunately, cacao production faces a crisis sparked by environmental, technological, economic and social factors, which is worsened by phytosanitary problems, including diseases that destroy entire plantations and force growers to leave behind this ancestral crop .
Desafortunadamente, el cacao enfrenta una crisis debida a factores ambientales, tecnológicos, económicos y sociales, que se ven agravados por problemas fitosanitarios como las enfermedades que destruyen plantaciones enteras, obligando a los productores a abandonar este cultivo ancestral .