NGO's

Monday, December 1, 2008
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/03/070319175847.htm

Two NGO's are joining forces in order to better assist brazil cacao productions that are losing biodiversity and sustainability of the systems. They wish to preserve the culture of the area, while also educating the farmers in better means of production.

It seems that these merging companies do have the best at heart for the Brazilian farmers, but as we have seen before, interfering with other cultures is risky at best. The invasion can be detrimental to the culture. Yet, this society has already been effected by westernized people, hence why they are creating so much cacao in the first place, to meet western demands I'm sure. So should we leave the country alone and let them try to function in the world we are making them live in, or try to help them more and possibly make matters worse?

-Niki Lesniak