▁agricult ure , ▁with ▁the ▁result ▁that ▁their ▁econom ies ▁were ▁doing ▁well . ▁ ▁Child ▁sla very ▁issues ▁ ▁A ▁major ▁study ▁of ▁the ▁issue ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 6 , ▁published ▁in ▁Fort une ▁Magazine ▁in ▁the ▁U . S ., ▁concluded ▁that ▁approximately ▁ 2 . 1 ▁million ▁children ▁in ▁[ se ver al ▁countries ▁of ] ▁West ▁Africa ▁" st ill ▁do ▁the ▁dangerous ▁and ▁phys ically ▁tax ing ▁work ▁of ▁har vest ing ▁c ocoa ". ▁The ▁report ▁was ▁doubt ful ▁as ▁to ▁whether ▁the ▁situation ▁can ▁be ▁improved ▁significantly : ▁ ▁" Acc ording ▁to ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 5 ▁edition ▁of ▁the ▁C ocoa ▁Bar ometer , ▁a ▁bien n ial ▁report ▁exam ining ▁the ▁econom ics ▁of ▁c ocoa ▁that ’ s ▁published ▁by ▁a ▁cons ort ium ▁of ▁non prof its , ▁the ▁average ▁far mer ▁in ▁Gh ana ▁in ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 3 – 1 4 ▁growing ▁season ▁made ▁just ▁ 8 4 ¢ ▁per ▁day , ▁and ▁far mers ▁in ▁I v ory ▁Coast ▁a ▁mere ▁ 5 0 ¢ . ▁That ▁puts ▁them ▁well ▁below ▁the ▁World ▁Bank ’ s ▁new ▁$ 1 . 9 0 ▁per ▁day ▁standard ▁for ▁extreme ▁pover ty , ▁even ▁if ▁you ▁factor ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 3 % ▁rise ▁in ▁the ▁price ▁of ▁c ocoa ▁last ▁year . ▁ ▁And ▁in ▁that ▁context ▁the ▁challenge ▁of ▁er adic ating ▁child ▁labor ▁feels ▁immense , ▁and ▁the ▁ch oc olate ▁companies ’