Cocoa

Sunny Spells Help Ivory Coast's Main Cocoa Crop

Sunny spells in most of Ivory Coast last week were expected to boost the main cocoa crop in the world's top producer, farmers said on Monday. A drop in...

Chocolate Maker Barry Callebaut Sees Revenues Flat In Full Year 2017/18

Chocolate manufacturer The Barry Callebaut Group has posted flat sales (+0.1%) for full year 2017/18 in local currencies, reporting sales of CHF 6.9 billio...

Ivorian Cocoa Exporters Struggle To Get Finance After SAF-Cacao Failure

Ivorian banks are refusing to finance purchases of cocoa beans by some local exporters until they are guaranteed repayment of 160 billion CFA francs (&euro...

Ivory Coast On Track For Record Cocoa Harvest In 2018/19

Ivory Coast is on track for a record cocoa harvest in the 2018/19 season of 2.2 million tonnes, up from about 2 million tonnes last season, due to favourab...

Ivorian Cocoa Farmers Welcome Dry Spell Ahead Of Main Crop Harvest

Below average rainfall in most of Ivory Coast’s main cocoa regions last week is likely to boost harvests for the October-to-March main crop, farmers...

Mars Aims To Tackle 'Broken' Cocoa Model With New Sustainability Scheme

Mars Wrigley Confectionery launched a new sustainability strategy on Wednesday with the aim of combating deforestation, child labour and poverty in wh...

Top Human Resource Officer Leaves Barry Callebaut Group

Zurich-based chocolate manufacturer Barry Callebaut Group has announced that its chief human resource officer, Carole Le Meur, has decided to leave the com...

Ivory Coast Bank Woes Threaten To Slow Early Cocoa Purchases

Poor liquidity within Ivory Coast's banking system caused by the collapse of the top cocoa producer's largest domestic exporter risks hindering exports at...