Ivory Coast
Current and comprehensive agriculture, market and development news in Ivory Coast.
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Good news for chocolate lovers as rains boost Africa cocoa crops
Farmers in the top two cocoa growers are upbeat about the next harvest after heavy rains in recent weeks helped…
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Cocoa’s OPEC moment puts world market on track for boom and bust
The world’s two biggest cocoa producers are taking unprecedented steps to exert more control on the market in a bid…
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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…
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Ivory Coast says minimum cocoa price needed to draw new growers
Ivory Coast’s move to implement a fixed minimum cocoa price will entice more younger farmers to plant the beans after…
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Ivory Coast, Ghana proposed cocoa price floor lacks other growers’ support
A cocoa price floor of $2,600 per tonne agreed by Ivory Coast and Ghana with buyers for the 2020/21 season…
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Top cocoa growers halt sales amid drive to agree minimum price
The world’s two biggest cocoa producers halted sales for the harvest that will begin in October 2020, pending an agreement…
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Ivanka Trump announces U.S.$2 million for women in Ivory Coast’s cocoa industry
U.S. President Donald’s Trump’s daughter and senior White House adviser, Ivanka Trump, has announced a $2 million commitment to help…
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Easter eggs with a difference
As Easter approaches, all over the world orders ramp up for chocolate bunnies and Easter eggs. But, have you ever…
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