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For nearly two years, farmers in Gran Couva have been living with the heartbreak of watching their livelihoods slip away with every passing day that the Gran Couva Main Road remains in a dilapidated condition.
Now, they say the work has abruptly stopped, and there is no word on what is happening.Disaster struck in November 2022, when a landslide tore the vital roadway apart. Since then, the farmers of the Montserrat Cocoa Farmers’ Cooperative Society Limited (MCFCSL) said they have lost millions of dollars.
While their crops still grow and their cocoa beans still ferment, without a proper road, their efforts wither before even reaching the market.
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