Ivory Coast's Coffee and Cocoa Council (CCC) regulator seized 33 trucks carrying around 1,100 tonnes of smuggled cocoa beans ...

Damage inflicted by heavy rains on roads in Ivory Coast's west, southwest and coastal regions is hampering the harvest, ...

In recent years, during back-to-back seasons, the cocoa sector has faced challenges, including prolonged droughts and crop failures, making it a fragile sector. Tackling record-high cocoa prices has ...

Guan Chong Bhd is aiming to expand its footprint into Ivory Coast with a 25% stake in Transcao Côte d’Ivoire (Transcao CI), a ...

Cocoa carriers across Ghana have launched a nationwide strike in protest over the Ghana Cocoa Boards (COCOBOD) failure to ...

Across West and Central Africa’s tropical agricultural belt — and one of the world’s greatest biodiversity hotspots — cacao ...

Cocoa production in the Ivory Coast and Ghana, the world’s two largest producers with about 60% of global market share, is ...

Cocoa-producing countries have asked the European Union for at least two more years to comply with EU regulation intended to ...

The International Cocoa Organization last month pegged the 2023-24 shortfall at 462,000 tons, the most in decades. But ...

By Samuel Lartey (Prof.) [email protected]  Cocoa has long been the backbone of Ghana’s agricultural sector, providing jobs for millions and serving as a significant source of foreign exchange.

Growing cacao trees also requires a lot of water, yet only the seeds of the fruit are harvested. One way to tackle these problems is to make chocolate without using cocoa beans — the fermented seed of ...

Ivory Coast has raised the price it pays farmers for their cocoa above Ghana, even as growers in both countries will continue ...