{"id":16836,"date":"2021-01-07T11:13:48","date_gmt":"2021-01-07T11:13:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bartalks.net\/?p=16836"},"modified":"2021-01-07T11:13:51","modified_gmt":"2021-01-07T11:13:51","slug":"good-weather-in-cote-divoire-but-cocoa-sales-struggle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bartalks.net\/good-weather-in-cote-divoire-but-cocoa-sales-struggle\/","title":{"rendered":"GOOD WEATHER IN COTE D\u2019IVOIRE, BUT COCOA SALES STRUGGLE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The world&#8217;s largest cocoa producer, C\u00f4te d&#8217;Ivoire received good levels of soil moisture from recent rain which helped the <a href=\"https:\/\/bartalks.net\/ivory-coast-farmers-rain-could-boost-main-crop\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"development of the cocoa crop (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"rank-math-link\">development of the cocoa crop<\/a> last week, but farmers are struggling to sell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Due to the on-going global Covid pandemic, a drop in demand for chocolate has forced some of the farmers to sell their beans for less than the guaranteed farmgate price.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>C\u00f4te d&#8217;Ivoire is currently in its dry season, which runs from mid-November to March, but unexpected rain in recent weeks has meant soil was good to produce plenty of flowers and cherelles on the trees, which bode well for the April-to-September mid-crop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kouassi Kouame, a farmer near Soubre, South West of C\u00f4te d&#8217;Ivoire said,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-ugb-blockquote ugb-blockquote ugb-0cc5f13 ugb-blockquote--v3 ugb-blockquote--design-plain ugb-main-block\"><style>.ugb-0cc5f13 .ugb-blockquote__quote{width:70px !important;height:70px !important}.ugb-0cc5f13 .ugb-blockquote__text{font-size:15px !important}<\/style><div class=\"ugb-inner-block\"><div class=\"ugb-block-content\"><div class=\"ugb-blockquote__item\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"ugb-blockquote__quote\" width=\"70\" height=\"70\"><path d=\"M22.6 12.8c-1.9.5-3.7 1.2-5.3 2.1-1.6.9-3.1 1.9-4.3 3-1.2 1.1-2.2 2.4-2.9 3.7-.7 1.3-1.1 2.7-1.1 4 0 1.2.1 1.8.3 1.8.8 0 1.5-.3 2.4-.9.8-.6 1.9-.9 3.3-.9 2.1 0 3.9.8 5.4 2.4 1.5 1.6 2.3 3.7 2.3 6.2s-1 4.6-2.9 6.4c-1.9 1.8-4.3 2.6-7.3 2.6-1.8 0-3.4-.4-4.9-1.1-1.5-.8-2.8-1.8-3.9-3.1s-2-2.8-2.6-4.6C.3 32.5 0 30.6 0 28.6c0-3 .6-5.8 1.8-8.3 1.2-2.5 2.8-4.8 4.9-6.7 2-1.9 4.4-3.5 7.2-4.6 2.8-1.2 5.6-1.8 8.6-2v5.8zm27.4 0c-1.9.5-3.7 1.2-5.4 2.1-1.7.9-3.1 1.9-4.3 3-1.2 1.1-2.2 2.4-2.9 3.7-.7 1.3-1.1 2.7-1.1 4 0 1.2.1 1.8.4 1.8.8 0 1.5-.3 2.3-.9.8-.6 1.9-.9 3.3-.9 2 0 3.8.8 5.3 2.4 1.5 1.6 2.3 3.7 2.3 6.2s-1 4.6-2.9 6.4c-2 1.8-4.4 2.6-7.3 2.6-1.7 0-3.3-.4-4.8-1.1-1.5-.8-2.8-1.8-3.9-3.1s-2-2.8-2.7-4.6c-.7-1.8-1-3.7-1-5.7 0-3 .6-5.8 1.8-8.3 1.2-2.5 2.8-4.8 4.9-6.7 2-1.9 4.4-3.5 7.2-4.6 2.8-1.2 5.7-1.8 8.8-2v5.7z\"><\/path><\/svg><div class=\"ugb-blockquote__content\"><p class=\"ugb-blockquote__text\">We will still have a lot of cocoa. But it&#8217;s the sales that&#8217;s the problem.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The cocoa sector had a turbulent end to 2020, where cocoa producers and chocolate manufacturers went to war over avoiding the Living Income Difference (LID) premium, leading to sustainability programmes being suspended, as previously <a aria-label=\"reported (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/bartalks.net\/chocolate-companies-the-ccc-and-cocobod-try-to-resolve-differences\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"rank-math-link\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Farmers are desperate for money to sustain a living but are saying they have made sales for as little as 900 to 950 CFA francs per kilogram, below the guaranteed farmgate price of 1,000 CFA francs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They don&#8217;t know the reasons why there are few buyers, and how much may be due to the holiday season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No rain fell across most of the cocoa belt last week but farmers said 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