Ivory Coast

EU Chocolate Industry Offers To Share Cocoa Farm Data With Ivory Coast, Ghana

The European cocoa and chocolate industry is offering to share data on cocoa farm locations with top producers Ivory Coast and Ghana in an effort to ramp u...

Ivory Coast Sells 2023/24 Cocoa Contracts With Higher Premium

Ivory Coast has starting selling cocoa contracts for the 2023/24 season with a non-negative premium for the first time in three years, industry sources sai...

Coop Switzerland Removes Conventional Palm Oil From Dough And Fresh Baked Goods

Coop Switzerland will dispense with conventional palm oil in all dough and fresh baked goods across its own brand range.

Main 2022/23 Cocoa Crop In Ivory Coast Seen At Around 1.65 Million Tonnes

The main 2022/23 cocoa crops in Ivory Coast and Ghana are expected to be around 1.65 million tonnes and up to 560,000 tonnes respectively, exporters and po...

Ghanaian, Ivorian Cocoa Yield In Doubt As Farmers Shun Costly Fertilisers

Cocoa farmers in Ghana and Ivory Coast cannot afford to buy fertilisers and other products needed to increase yield on their plantations because their...

Ivory Coast Rains Raise Farmers' Hopes For Cocoa Crop

Above-average rains last week in most of Ivory Coast’s cocoa regions could pave the way for an early and strong start to the October-to-March main cr...

Ivory Coast Cocoa Farmers Upbeat Despite Below-Average Rains

Good soil moisture content in Ivory Coast’s cocoa regions is helping pods develop well on trees, making for a strong start for the October-to-March m...

Ivory Coast, Ghana To Raise Cocoa Premium Next Month

Ivory Coast and Ghana said they would raise the premium that chocolate makers and traders pay for their beans as they step up efforts to tackle farmer pove...