Article misleadingly dismisses climate stressors on African cocoa
Cocoa production has increased in certain African countries as growing areas expand at the expense of forests, but online ...
Anadolu Agency18h
Cocoa prices drop over 30% in 2025 after last year’s record high
The price per ton of cocoa ended 2024 with a 178.2% surge, closing at $11,675 after reaching an all-time high of $12,931.
World’s largest insect faces extinction: how to save two species of Africa’s giant Goliath beetle
Two Goliath beetle species are in grave danger because cocoa farming has wiped out their forests and they’re being sold on the international dry insect market.
The Economist4d
The success of Ivory Coast is Africa’s best-kept secret
Ivory Coast’s success is not unqualified. Entrepreneurs grouse about a lack of skills among the young, not surprising since ...
Business Day11d
Ageing trees, pest attacks driving Africa’s cocoa shortfall
Ageing trees, climate change and disease outbreak are major setbacks affecting cocoa production in Africa where over 70 percent of ...
CNBC Africa5d
Ivory Coast to increase cocoa farmgate price by at least 11%, sources say
Ivory Coast’s Coffee and Cocoa Council (CCC) is expected to increase the state-guaranteed price paid to its cocoa farmers by ...