Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast Cocoa Farmers Concerned About Early Harmattan Winds

Above-average rainfall last week in most of Ivory Coast's cocoa regions would support the final stage of the October-to-March main crop, farmers...

Ivory Coast Struggling To Sell 2020/21 Cocoa Mid-Crop: Sources

A pandemic-linked drop in global cocoa demand is hindering Ivory Coast's efforts to sell the remaining 500,000 tonnes of cocoa beans fr...

Ivory Coast Cocoa Farmers Say Rains Have Boosted Main Crop

Mainly above-average rains interspersed with sun last week in most of Ivory Coast’s cocoa regions should improve the chances of a larger, h...

Ghana Raises 2020/21 Cocoa Farmgate Price By 28%

Ghana will increase the guaranteed cocoa price it pays to farmers during the upcoming growing season by 28% to 10,560 cedis (€1,566.4) per t...

Ivory Coast To Boost Cocoa Processing With Two New Factories

Ivory Coast will increase its cocoa-processing capacity by 14% as well as boost storage space by building two new factories over the next two years, the co...

Ivory Coast Dry Spell Supports Cocoa Main Crop

Mainly below average rains last week in most of Ivory Coast’s cocoa regions bode well for the development of the forthcoming October-to-Mar...

Ivory Coast To Hike Farmgate Cocoa Prices 21% This Season, Sources Say

Ivory Coast plans to increase the fixed farmgate price paid to cocoa farmers by more than 21% to 1,000 CFA Francs (€1.51) per kilogram in the 2020/202...

Ivory Coast Rain Sufficient For Developing Cocoa Pods, Farmers Said

Rainfall last week in most of Ivory Coast’s cocoa-growing regions was sufficient for the development of the October-to-March main crop even though ra...