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Ivory Coast Says Chocolate Traders Failing To Pay LID

Major chocolate traders in Ivory Coast are failing to pay a $400-per-tonne premium on beans aimed at curbing farmer poverty, the country's cocoa regulator...

Ivory Coast Sells 2021/2022 Cocoa Contracts At 'Country Discount'

The world's top cocoa producer Ivory Coast had sold 950,000 tonnes of cocoa in contracts by the end of May for the 2021/2022 season at a country discount i...

Ivory Coast Says Hershey Cocoa Beans Deal Could Derail Farmer Income Scheme

US chocolate maker Hershey's move to buy cheap beans from the New York futures exchange is an attempt to derail plans by Ivory Coast and Ghana to increase...

Ghana, Ivory Coast Threaten To Suspend Cocoa Companies' Sustainability Schemes

Ghana's cocoa regulator threatened on Thursday to suspend the sustainability schemes used by major cocoa and chocolate companies to assure consumers that t...

Cocoa Traders Expect Adverse Weather, Hoarding To Hit Ivorian Sales

Adverse weather and hoarding in Ivory Coast could see sales of the top cocoa producer's largest export fall some way short of consensus, which could push g...

Ivory Coast Farmers Push Back Against Cocoa Output Cap

Cocoa farmers in Ivory Coast say they plan to ramp up production and establish new plantations, potentially jeopardising a new policy to cap output and boo...

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...

Ivory Coast, Ghana Lift Threat To Cocoa Sustainability Schemes

Top cocoa producers Ivory Coast and Ghana said on Wednesday that chocolate makers would continue for now to be allowed to run sustainability schemes in the...

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