Ivory Coast cocoa

Ghanaian cocoa farmers, struggling with low prices and payment delays, are increasingly smuggling their crops to Ivory Coast for better earnings

In response to severe supply shortages, Ivory Coast’s cocoa regulator, the CCC, has suspended around 40 cooperatives suspected of hoarding cocoa beans to inflate prices.

Ivory Coast’s cocoa farmers are expressing anxieties about the upcoming mid-crop harvest, citing a lack of rain and scorching temperatures across most cocoa-growing regions. The world’s leading cocoa producer recently …

In a decisive move, Ivory Coast’s President Ouattara hikes the cocoa farmgate price by 50%, directly benefiting local farmers amid a global market deficit and rising cocoa prices.