Ivory Coast
Current and comprehensive agriculture, market and development news in Ivory Coast.
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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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Business
SGS highlights regulatory changes for Ivory Coast’s import market
SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, is alerting importers to regulatory changes affecting trade with the Ivory…
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Investing
AfDB approves US$11.7 million to facilitate access to fertilisers for African farmers
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank has approved a US$11.7 million budgetary allocation to the African Fertiliser…
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Markets
Cocoa buyers back Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire cocoa premium schemes
Major cocoa buyers have agreed to pay a premium and back a price floor on cocoa sold by Ghana and…
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News
Nestle to pay cocoa farmers cash incentives to fight child labor
Nestle SA will offer cocoa farmers and their families in the Ivory Coast cash incentives that aim to reduce child labor,…
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Fruit & Nuts
Farmers expect good start to Africa’s main cocoa crop season
Farmers in top cocoa growers Ivory Coast and Ghana are becoming increasingly confident of a good start to the main-crop…
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Environment
Ivory Coast lost 47,000 hectares of forest to cocoa production in 2020, environmental group says
Ivory Coast lost 47,000 hectares (116,000 acres) of forest in its cocoa-growing regions in 2020, an environmental group said on…
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Environment
Heavy rains in Ivory Coast boost prospects for main cocoa harvest, but hurt mid-crop
Above-average rains last week in most of Ivory Coast’s cocoa regions bode well for the start of the next main…
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