Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast Says Hershey Cocoa Beans Deal Could Derail Farmer Income Scheme

US chocolate maker Hershey's move to buy cheap beans from the New York futures exchange is an attempt to derail plans by Ivory Coast and Ghana to increase...

Mixed Outlook For Ivory Coast Cocoa Farmers As Harmattan Bears Down

Below-average rainfall last week in most of Ivory Coast's cocoa regions could weaken the last stages of the October-to-March main-crop harvest, although co...

Ghana, Ivory Coast Threaten To Suspend Cocoa Companies' Sustainability Schemes

Ghana's cocoa regulator threatened on Thursday to suspend the sustainability schemes used by major cocoa and chocolate companies to assure consumers that t...

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...