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Ivory Coast Rains Will Improve Quality Of Cocoa Mid-Crop, Farmers Say

Above-average rains mixed with sun last week in most of Ivory Coast's cocoa-growing regions stood to boost the quality of the April-to-September mid-crop,...

Ivory Coast Cocoa Farmers Bullish About Mid-Crop Despite Poor Rains

Rainfall was poor last week in most of Ivory Coast's cocoa regions, but good soil moisture content from previous rains left farmers optimistic fo...

Ivory Coast Seeks To Sell 100,000 Tonnes Of Cocoa As Buyers Haggle

Ivory Coast's cocoa regulator is seeking to sell around 100,000 tonnes of cocoa held by domestic traders who had bought the beans from farmers but lack acc...

Dry Weather And Heat Threaten Ivory Coast's Cocoa Crop

Dry weather and heat last week in Ivory Coast's central cocoa-growing regions threatened to reduce the quantity and quality of the April-to-September mid-c...

Barry Callebaut Sticks To Guidance Despite Quarterly Sales Fall

Swiss chocolate maker Barry Callebaut said it was seeing a gradual recovery and confirmed its mid-term guidance on Wednesday after the COVID-19 pandemic hi...

Ivory Coast Weather Lifts Mid-Crop Cocoa Outlook

Rainfall was below average last week in most of Ivory Coast's cocoa growing regions but good soil moisture content was helping the development of...

EU Urges Ivory Coast To Comply With New Sustainable Cocoa Laws

The European Union has urged Ivory Coast to prepare for stricter cocoa laws the body hopes to ratify later this year which aim to protect forests, curb chi...

Ivory Coast Cocoa Farmers Get Boost From Rainy Weather

Unseasonably heavy rains mixed with sun last week in most of Ivory Coast's cocoa regions, improving prospects for the April-to-September mid-crop harvest,...