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Dreamland87:
Na riches dem take dey win soul for God's kingdom now abi? Dey decieve urself

No. Na riches them take dey sustain the tempo of salvation. Riches to buy books for study. Riches to transport to and fro word sessions and gatherings. Riches to tithe, offerings and help the needy. Riches to buy chairs sound system and related IT supports. Riches to give back to the society as a body(salt of the earth). Riches to keep physical body in decent form. Riches riches riches.

There is earthly and heavenly riches. As you use one wisely, you accrue the other. As you waste one, you diminish the other.

mrvitalis:
This is like praying to have extra year

life is not a degree program. A degree program is a subset of life.

Internet is the new street where all the privileged mad men display their wares.

jayce232:
Oga stop twisting the Bible!
You don't need earthly riches to promote God's Kingdom. The Bible strictly teaches us to deny worldly passions, but u Christians are so after worldly passions & yet talk about heaven?

I hope you reject earthly chairs, hall and sound system while insisting any church you find yourself provides the heavenly version of those? Clown.

mrvitalis:
There are two things I find funny about Christians n most religious people in general

1) if Heaven is better than earth n you are sure of going to heaven why pray for long life?

2) you are sure of heavenly rewards but yet struggle to get wordly goodies that are nothing compared to heavens own

Heavenly reward can come by using earthly riches to promote the heavenly.
Even Paul delayed his crossing over just to win more souls.

All the billions of dollars in extra defence budget is useless. The billions if not up to Trillions of Naira used to do NIN and SIM too is wasted. Nigeria has laws and structures for the sake of having them and paying salaries of loyalists not for the sake of a functioning society.

Stomach infrastructure based structure is highly destructible but can also be so easily resurrected. Fubara should be aware of that disturbing fact. Its building block is loyalty and can change easily based on prospect of actualisation of personal interests.

All manner of scams and schemes.

Putin and President Yekini are primarily to blame here.

Even John the Baptist.

Makamatic:
Most of yall shouting farming , is farming easy, is everyone a landowner , what about the ones who already have a job ? Other countries are encouraging them youth in ICT ,defense , Technological advancement, engineering , finance , healthcare and mechanised farming but we're here gaslighting our fellow Nigerians with the words said by those vagabonds in power

Oga farming is a partial way out of it(partially). Better than iaing N30k to transport to go and earn N50k.

Usmanovic95:
Awesome, you want to everyone to go into farming on a subsistence scale right? How do you intend to feed yourself and family on a subsistence scale for a whole calender year?
The bottomline is farming is expensive no matter how you try to distort the fact and subsistence/backyard farming can't get us out of this quagmire, you can't farm all you eat on a subsistence scale,to do these you need a large expanse of land and you can't rely on crude and organic fertilizers alone, you need to hire manual labour or get mechanize farming equipment and these things don't come cheap.I am a part time farmer (livestock farming) and I know quite some crop farmers so I know what it cost to run a farm.

Half bread, they say, is better than none sir. Even if is a small plot you can do to grow the beans or rice you need for just one month, do it if you are not being paid for your time and effort elsewhere.

Ebibedike1:
Go and cry to your Governor

Did anyone cry to any public office holder here? You must be mentally deranged o.

Threat is a relative thing.

Link to the material proving he said that unbelievable thing.

Some people are so loaded, they can fall for that gimmick from the mall.
Maybe they baked the bread with special ingredients sha. Honey for Sugar, Cream for margarine, and special goat milk for enchichment.

When Hamas/Palestine attacked and Israel reacted, Hezbollah supported with more attacks to weaken Israels resolve and chances. Now Israel is reacting to Hezbollah, Iran nhas to play the role of the distracting force.

That 3000 bags will potrayed as 300,000 in the media.

chatinent:
Just somehow, people are taking a mere Adeboye as a God.

The godship level they bestow on him makes him feels he can say anything and that will be it. Little wonder he said he drank tea with God!


A black man with constructive formats to keep making money from fellow black men.

Keep enriching pastors since you feel they are deputies to God! Even God kuma does not know them!

Thats cos he is more vast and knowledgeable than most who look up to him for teachings on the word and interpretation of the word as relate to issues of everyday people. He isnt perfect and like everyone elae is gradually moving toward perfection.

This is a case of "once i was blind now i can see". Everybody goes through that except the hardcore opposers of the gospel.

psalmylee:
look at this fool , when we criticised the saying long ago, simpletons like you came out to defend the charlatan..
Always quick to quote the bible verse "Touch not my annointed and do my prophet no harm..
Now that the man has retracted his statement after he has profited enough from the false statement he made which made docile humans like you who cant think for themselve give their last penny for the fear of going to hell...just stop displaying your stupidity in public..

stereotyping is an act of foolishness.

Ishilove:
No reason given?

None.

Mad man

Lies.

Very foolish take. Was isreal and russia attacking or defending?

Thats a summary of the story of mismanagement in Africa. We do what gives us money personally on the shortest possible notice and maintain the structure that preserves the inflow of that money on a long run.

malali:
Lets make some ritualist money $$$$$$$$.

...and loot into private pockets that are backed by secure bank accounts in the West.

After provoking Israel, they cannot sleep with eyes closed. That's a good starting point for their punishment.

Okay.

Cc NLFPMOD,LALASTICLALA, MYND44, SEUN, FERGIE001

Originally titled Cocoa's Bittersweet Supply Chain in One Visualization
Nov 4, 2020

Govind Bhutada
Author, Visual Capitalist

Chocolate is a global $130 billion industry, that relies on one key ingredient; cocoa.

From bean to bar, the cocoa supply chain is a bittersweet one.

The end product is something universally loved, but it also comes with a largely hidden human cost.

Many cocoa farmers earn less than $1/day.

Farmers are often unable to bear the costs of cocoa farming, turning instead to child labour.



Cocoa: A bittersweet supply chain
From bean to bar, the cocoa supply chain is a bittersweet one. While the end product is something most of us enjoy, this also comes with a human cost.

Based on how much cocoa comes from West Africa, it’s likely that most of the chocolates we eat have a little bit of Cote d’Ivoire and Ghana in them. The $130B chocolate industry relies on cocoa farming for supply of chocolate’s key ingredient. Yet, many cocoa farmers make less than $1/day.


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[color=#777]The above graphic maps the major trade flows of cocoa and allows us to dive deeper into its global supply chain.[/color]

From bean to bar: Stages in the cocoa supply chain

Cocoa beans go through a number of stages before being used in chocolate products.

1. Harvesting, fermenting, and drying


First, farmers harvest cocoa beans from pods on cacao plants. Next, they are fermented in heaps and covered with banana leaves. Farmers then dry and package the cocoa beans for domestic transportation.

2. Domestic transportation, cleaning, and exporting


Domestic transporters carry packaged cocoa beans to either cleaning warehouses or processing factories. Cocoa beans are cleaned and prepared for exports to the chocolate production hubs of the world.

3. Processing and chocolate production


Processing companies winnow, roast, and grind cocoa beans and then convert them into cocoa liquor, cocoa butter, or cocoa cakes—which are mixed with other ingredients like sugar and milk to produce chocolate products.

Cocoa farming and trade are at the roots of the chocolate industry, and the consistent supply of cocoa plays a critical role in providing us with reasonably-priced chocolate.

So where exactly does all this cocoa come from?

The key nations in cocoa’s global supply chain

Growing cocoa has specific temperature, water, and humidity requirements. As a result, the equatorial regions of Africa, Central and South America, and Asia are optimal for cocoa farming.

These regions host the biggest cocoa exporters by value.

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[color=#777]The biggest exporters[/color]

Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana are responsible for 70% of global cocoa production, and cocoa exports play a huge role in their economies. Although the majority of exporters come from equatorial regions, Belgium stands out in fifth place.

On the other hand, most of the top importers are in Europe—the Netherlands and Germany being the top two.

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[color=#777]The biggest importers[/color]

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The biggest importers. Image: Visual Capitalist
In third place, the U.S. primarily sources its cocoa from Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, and Ecuador. Mars, Hershey, Cargill, and Blommer—some of the world’s biggest chocolate manufacturers and processors—are headquartered in the U.S.


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[color=#777]The biggest chocolate exporters.[/color]

Finally, it comes as no surprise that the biggest importers of cocoa beans are among the biggest chocolate exporters.

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The biggest chocolate exporters. Image: Visual Capitalist
Not only is the Netherlands the biggest importer of beans, but it’s also the biggest processor—grinding 600,000 tons annually—and the fourth largest exporter of chocolate products.

Belgium is another key nation in the supply chain, importing cocoa beans from producing countries and exporting them across Europe. It’s also home to the world’s largest chocolate factory, supporting its annual chocolate exports worth $3.1 billion.

Breaking down the cocoa supply chain: Who gets what

Without farmers, both the cocoa and chocolate industries are likely to suffer from shortages, with domino effects on higher overall costs. Yet, they have little ability to influence prices at present.

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Stakeholder share. Image: Visual Capitalist
Farmers are among the lowest earners from a tonne of sold cocoa—accounting for just 6.6% of the value of the final sale.

Low incomes also translate into numerous other issues associated with cocoa farming.

The bitter side of cocoa farming

The World Bank has established the threshold for extreme poverty at $1.90/day. Cocoa farmers in Ghana make $1/day, while those in Côte d’Ivoire make around $0.78/day—both significantly below the extreme poverty line.

Farmers are often unable to bear the costs of cocoa farming as a result of low incomes. In turn, they employ children, who miss out on education, are exposed to hazardous working conditions, and get paid little or no wages.

https://assets.weforum.org/editor/R-4Xjzpy8oWdArW5dui8Nc2MAyp44I7J24nsX1a7dSw.png[color=#777]The extent of cheap and child labour in Ghana and Code D'Voire[/color]

To make matters worse, cocoa farming is primarily responsible for deforestation and illegal farming in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana—adding environmental issues to the mix.

These interconnected problems call for action, so what is being done to fight them?

Combating cocoa’s concerns

Mars, Nestlé, and Hershey—some of the world’s biggest chocolate manufacturers—have made several pledges to eradicate child labor in cocoa farming over the last two decades, but haven’t reached their targets.

In addition, organizations such as UTZ Certified, Rainforest Alliance, and Fairtrade are working to increase traceability in the supply chain by selling ‘certified cocoa’, sourced from farms that prohibit child labor.

More recently, Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana announced a fixed premium of US$400/tonne on cocoa futures, aiming to improve farmer livelihoods by creating a union for cocoa, also known colloquially as the “COPEC” for the industry.

While these initiatives have had some positive impacts, more still needs to be done to successfully eradicate large-scale child labor and poverty of those involved in cocoa’s bittersweet supply chain.

The most stupid lie i have heard this year.

Banditry can end in 24 hours if the northern elites want it to. I am sure this unprecedented cry from this wuruwuru emir is not unconnected to the recent military campaign against certain bandits. They are milking the nation via defence budget which they already dominate and want to extend it into amnesty as well as Developement Commissions....all funded by the other side off course.