Under growing pressure, the Ivorian government has tried to crack down. Last year, authorities classified cocoa smuggling as ...

Rainfall was well below average last week across most of Ivory Coast's main cocoa-growing regions, while a cold spell has ...

Small players in Ivory Coast's cocoa industry say they fear they will go out of business due to the cost of complying with ...

September ICE NY cocoa (CCU25 ) today is down -223 (-2.62%), and September ICE London cocoa #7 (CAU25 ) is down -150 (-2.65%). Cocoa prices are sharply lower today as supply concerns eased on ...

In this photo taken Tuesday, May 31, 2011, farmer Issiaka Ouedraogo walks past cocoa pods growing on a tree, on a cocoa farm ...

ABIDJAN (Reuters) -Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara's decision to seek re-election in October means the world's top ...

Ivory Coast has a cocoa problem: it produces nearly half the world’s cocoa, but has been unable to turn the industry into a source of wealth for most of the six million people relying on it.

Ivory Coast produces between 2 million and 2.5 million metric tons of cocoa annually, with around 200,000 to 300,000 metric tons exported to the United States, according to the Coffee and Cocoa ...

Trader Ecom Agroindustrial projects Ivory Coast 2023/24 cocoa production, which ends in September, will fall -21.5% y/y to an 8-year low of 1.75 MMT.

Trader Ecom Agroindustrial projects Ivory Coast cocoa production in the 2023/24 marketing year, which ends in September, will fall -21.5% y/y to an 8-year low of 1.75 MMT.

Ivory Coast has raised the price it pays farmers for their cocoa above Ghana, even as growers in both countries will continue to receive far less than the global market.

Police on Wednesday rescued 11 children and two teenagers working on cocoa plantations in southwestern Ivory Coast and arrested three farmers on suspicion of people trafficking, the police ...