Unsold bags of cocoa beans are stacked almost to the ceiling in Sekou Dagnogo's warehouse in Ivory Coast's western Duekoue town, where his cooperative is struggling to sell to exporters following a fall in global cocoa prices. ...

-In the foothills outside the port city of Guayaquil, the economic capital of Ecuador, just 150 miles south of the equator, the landscape is dominated by the leafy green cacao plant. This is a ripe cacao fruit, right. -Yes, this is a ripe cacao fruit.[Thuds] -That's. wow. And these are.The beans are inside, right. -Yes, those are the beans, and around them it's the pulp. -This is a golden age of cocoa production in Ecuador, with output expected to reach 800,000 tons by 2030, more than double 2023 levels.The ...

Ghana raised the amount it pays farmers for their cocoa beans for the second time this season after top producer Ivory Coast increased its farmgate prices, a move that will boost bean arrivals to warehouses and ease global supply tightness https://t.co/2rPOp1RLbo ...

Ghana is planning to raise the price it pays to cocoa farmers for their beans just slightly in the next season, after the local currency gained 42% against the dollar this year https://t.co/Ceyv4KEEhu ...