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Kholeka Nkombi
Sep 2026 • linkedin
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🍫 No midges, no chocolate. It’s that simple.Most people don’t know that our global chocolate supply relies almost entirely on a microscopic fly: the chocolate midge (Forcipomyia). Cacao flowers are notoriously complex and too tiny for honeybees. They depend on these poppy-seed-sized midges for pollination. But modern agricultural practices are threatening their survival: Habitat Loss: Transitioning from biodiverse rainforests to sun-exposed monoculture farms destroys the damp leaf litter midges need to breed. Pes…
#Sustainability#Agroforestry#SupplyChain#Biodiversity#Agriculture
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