Cocoa

Ivory Coast Cocoa Outlook Good Despite Below-Average Rain: Farmers

Rainfall was below average last week in most of Ivory Coast’s main cocoa-growing regions, but soil moisture from earlier rains was supporting de...

Cheaper Cocoa May Not Be A Recipe For Lower Chocolate Prices

Chocolate fans will not necessarily benefit from predictions of a fall in cocoa prices this year. A Reuters poll of London cocoa future...

Pact To Aid Poor Cocoa Farmers In Peril As COVID-19 Hits Demand

The steepest dive in cocoa demand in a decade has thrown into jeopardy a plan by top producers Ivory Coast and Ghana to guarantee some two millio...

Ivory Coast Cocoa Farmers Bullish About Growing Conditions Ahead Of Main Crop

Most of Ivory Coast's cocoa growing regions received below-average rainfall last week but good soil moisture content contributed to a favourable...

Barry Callebaut Confident Of 'Regaining Momentum' Following Challenging Q3

The chief executive of chocolate maker Barry Callebaut, Antoine de Saint-Affrique, has said that the business is confident that it will "rapidly regai...

Ivory Coast Cocoa Farmers Welcome Good Weather For Main Crop

Rainfall was above average over most of Ivory Coast's cocoa growing regions last week, increasing the chances of a strong start to the next main crop in Oc...