Ivory Coast
Current and comprehensive agriculture, market and development news in Ivory Coast.
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Markets
Ivory Coast traced 40% of cocoa for 2024/25 season
Côte d’Ivoire has traced 40% of its cocoa beans from the 2024/2025 season (October – September), according to the 2025…
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Investing
New investment empowers 600,000 African smallholders through local processing expansion
Robust International, a global trader of sesame and cashew nuts, is expanding its footprint in Africa with three new processing…
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Investing
Ivory Coast signs US$156.8 million farm deal with Italy’s BF Group
Ivory Coast Minister of Agriculture, Kobenan Kouassi Adjoumani, signed a €134 million (US$156.8 million) investment agreement with Italian agribusiness group…
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News
Ivory Coast secures US$1.2 million from FAO and Japan for rice digitalisation
Ivory Coast will receive US$1.2 million in funding from the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), with financial backing from…
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Climate
Ivory Coast cocoa farmers warn of crop risks as rains fall short, cold spell hits
Rainfall was well below average last week across most of Ivory Coast’s main cocoa-growing regions, while a cold spell has…
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West Africa
Ivory Coast farmers hope for more rain, sunshine to boost cocoa crop growth
Soil moisture is helping the April-to-September mid-crop to develop across most of Ivory Coast’s main cocoa growing regions, farmers said,…
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Machinery
Yanmar Partners with Côte d’Ivoire’s ATC Comafrique to expand agricultural machinery business across 16 West African countries
Yanmar Agribusiness Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Yanmar Holdings Co., Ltd., has announced a strategic partnership with ATC Comafrique, a…
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West Africa
Ivory Coast’s rains expected to revive cocoa farmers’ hopes for healthy mid-crop
Strong rains across Ivory Coast’s central regions are expected to strengthen cocoa trees and improve growing conditions for the April-to-September…
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