As the country's main export product, cocoa farming accounts for between 15% and 20% of Côte d'Ivoire's GDP. The sector has therefore mobilized to comply with the new law.

One of the initiatives designed to add value to the industrial sector is the promotion of the Made in Côte d’Ivoire label, part of the PND 2021-25. This is aimed at the cocoa industry, to signal to ...

Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana imposed a fixed premium in July 2019 of $400 per tonne on all cocoa contracts signed for the 2020/21 season. This premium – known locally as the living income differential (LID ...

Introduction:The humble cocoa bean, the foundational ingredient for our beloved chocolate, is currently making headlines for ...

The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has maintained the producer price of cocoa at GH₵3,100 per 64kg bag for the 2025/2026 season, ...

How does it benefit the farmers? We take stock of the issues and challenges in this strategic sector. 1. Why have Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana formed an alliance? The main objective of the alliance ...

Côte d’Ivoire, the world’s leading cocoa producer, has set an ambitious target: to process 100% of its cocoa crop at the first stage by 2030. While the government is actively encouraging investment in ...

Côte d’Ivoire is the largest cocoa-producing country in the world. The country produces about 2.3 million tons of cocoa. The exportation of raw cocoa is about 70%, cocoa butter 7%, and cocoa ...

The Netherlands and Côte d’Ivoire are the world’s top cocoa processors. In 2022/23, Côte d’Ivoire processed over 793,000 tons, whereas Europe as a whole processed nearly 1.4 million tons ...

This article was originally published on The Conversation.. A shortage of cocoa beans has led to a near shutdown of processing plants in Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana, the two countries responsible for ...

Many farmers working in the cocoa sector do not earn living incomes. In fact, only 13% of cocoa farming households in Côte d'Ivoire earn a living income, according to the Rainforest Alliance. In ...