Cocoa farmers in the world's top-producing country Ivory Coast warn insufficient rainfall could hurt both the quality and ...

At the heart of the current spike in cocoa prices is a major shortage of cocoa beans. A catastrophic 2024 harvest hit plantations all over West ... He noted, however, that for years, the majority of ...

Ashanti Regional Manager of COCOBOD has urged cocoa farmers to help maintain the premium quality of Ghana’s cocoa beans by ensuring the proper fermentation and storage of their beans.

Farmers will receive support in the form of subsidies, technical assistance, and guidance in growing and processing cocoa beans,” he explains. The initiative is backed by the Central Plantation ...

Thousands of cocoa farmers across Indonesia like Santoso are working with businesses and other organizations to protect their crops from the bitter impacts of climate change and underinvestment ...

The Cocoa Farmers Alliance Association of Africa has charged state chairmen of different cocoa-producing communities across Nigeria to be selfless and prioritise the welfare of cocoa farmers to ...

with the country being the world’s second-largest producer of cocoa beans, trailing only behind Côte d'Ivoire. Due to the challenges faced by smallholder farmers, cooperatives are formed to ...

ABIDJAN, April 2 (Xinhua) -- The purchase price of cocoa beans for farmers in Cote d'Ivoire will increase to 2,200 CFA francs (3.63 U.S. dollars) per kilogram for the mid-season this year which ...

Swiss chocolate maker Barry Callebaut lowered its annual sales volume guidance on Thursday due to what it called ...

A farmer holds an opened cocoa pod at a plantation in Tanjung Rejo, Lampung province, Indonesia, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara) ...

ABIDJAN, April 2 (Xinhua) -- The purchase price of cocoa beans for farmers in Cote d'Ivoire will increase to 2,200 CFA francs (3.63 U.S. dollars) per kilogram for the mid-season this year which ...