Cocoa

Ivory Coast Cocoa Farmers Happy With Crop But Worried Over Heat

Mainly below average rains last week in most of Ivory Coast's cocoa regions had farmers worried about the rising heat, despite a good soil moisture content...

Diseases Raise Concerns For Ivorian Cocoa Main Crop Outlook

Ivorian cocoa farmers have grown more concerned about the 2019/20 main crop as diseases known as black pod and swollen shoot spread in cocoa plantations, f...

Ivory Coast Cocoa Farmers Hope For Rain, Brace For Winds

Farmers in Ivory Coast's cocoa-growing regions are hoping for rains as they brace for rising temperatures and dusty winds blowing in from the desert. Iv...

Ivory Coast Farmers Say More Rain Needed To Maintain Cocoa Conditions

Below-average rainfall mixed with sunny spells in most of Ivory Coast’s cocoa regions last week has helped growing conditions, farmers said...

Rewe Group To Offer Living Income Premium To Cocoa Farmers

Germany's Rewe Group has announced plans to launch a project that offers a Living Income Differential (LID) to cocoa farmers in West Africa, in addition to...

Ghana Sells 200,000 Tonnes Of Cocoa With Farmer Premium

Ghana, the world's number two cocoa producer, has sold nearly 200,000 tonnes of cocoa for the 2020/21 season, with prices including a new premium to suppor...

Barry Callebaut Sticks To Sales Growth Target Despite Weak Quarter

Barry Callebaut, which makes chocolate and cocoa products for firms like Nestlé and Unilever, stuck to a sales volume growth target of 4% to 6% over...

Ivory Coast, Ghana Lift Threat To Cocoa Sustainability Schemes

Top cocoa producers Ivory Coast and Ghana said on Wednesday that chocolate makers would continue for now to be allowed to run sustainability schemes in the...