A lack of rain in most of Ivory Coast's cocoa-growing regions could delay the start of the April-to-September mid-crop, ...

Ivory Coast is the world's top cocoa producer, but a lack of rain and excessive heat since November across all its 13 growing regions have stalled development of the mid-crop harvest, which is ...

ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Rains were scarce in most of top grower Ivory Coast's main cocoa regions last week and more are needed to boost the April-to-September mid-crop, farmers said on Monday.

Crop production concerns in West Africa fueled fund buying of cocoa futures Monday after some Ivory Coast and Nigerian cocoa farmers reported that cocoa trees are beginning to suffer the effects ...

IVORY COAST expects to record one of the worst mid-crop cocoa harvests of the last 15 years this season with production seen no higher than 300,000 metric tons (MT) compared with a yearly average of ...