Supply Chain - West Africa

Soil Moisture Offsets Dry Weather, Boosts Ivory Coast Cocoa Crop, Farmers Say

Soil moisture compensated for dry sunny weather in most of Ivory Coast's cocoa-growing regions last week, boosting the upcoming harvests of the October-to-...

Global Cocoa Market Deficit Seen Widening This Season, Prices To Rise

The global cocoa market is expected to record a widening supply deficit in the current season that ends in September, and prices are seen rising as a resul...

US Report On Child Labour On West Africa Cocoa Farms Faces Review Following Criticism

A forthcoming US report that shows child labour has risen in the West African cocoa sector is to be reviewed independently after Ivory Coast and Ghana obje...

West African Food Trade Under Strain As COVID-19 Shuts Borders

In ordinary times, it takes Boureima Diawara two or three days to truck his mangoes the 1,200 km (745 miles) from southern Mali to Senegal's seaside capita...

Adverse Weather To Hit Ghana Cocoa Output More Than Expected: Traders

Adverse weather in West Africa could see cocoa output in Ghana, the world's second largest producer, fall short of consensus for a second year ru...

Rewe Group To Offer Living Income Premium To Cocoa Farmers

Germany's Rewe Group has announced plans to launch a project that offers a Living Income Differential (LID) to cocoa farmers in West Africa, in addition to...

Mondelēz Works To Reduce Deforestation In West Africa

Snack food company Mondelēz International has announced that it will collaborate with governments in West Africa to reduce deforestation in the cocoa suppl...

Cocoa Production to Trail Demand on Dry West African Soils

Speculators are adding to bullish cocoa wagers at the fastest pace in two years as dry weather threatens crops in parts of West Africa, the source of 70 pe...

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