Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast, Ghana Add 'Living Income' Cocoa Premium To Fight Poverty

Top global cocoa producers Ivory Coast and Ghana have imposed a fixed 'living income differential' of $400 a tonne on all cocoa contracts sold by either co...

Chocolate Maker Mars Backs Ivory Coast, Ghana Cocoa Floor Price

US food maker Mars Inc. supports a decision by Ivory Coast and Ghana to set a floor price for their cocoa exports, a senior executive told Reuters on Wedne...

Ivory Coast And Ghana Team Up For Greater Share Of Chocolate Wealth

Kouakou Kinimo is a pretty typical Ivory Coast cocoa farmer. He works a small holding. At 52, he's roughly the mean age for a West African grower...

Quality Cocoa Shortage Sends European Premiums To Near 10-Year High

Buyers in Europe's physical cocoa market are having to pay top dollar for quality beans from leading global producers Ivory Coast and Ghana to compete with...

Ivorian Cocoa Farmers Hope For July Rains To Secure Main Crop

Unseasonably dry weather across Ivory Coast's cocoa regions last week could weaken the next main crop if rainfall does not increase in July, farmers said o...

Ivory Coast Cocoa Mid-Crop To Reach Record 600,000 Tonnes

Ivory Coast's cocoa mid-crop is expected to reach a record 600,000 tonnes this season, exporters and pod counters said on Friday, up 20% from the previous...

Ivory Coast Acts To Avert Defaults On Cocoa Export Contracts This Season

Top cocoa producer Ivory Coast has averted defaults on export contracts this season by letting multinational commodities companies buy at-risk contracts fr...