Top Cocoa Grower Ivory Coast May Set 2025-26 Price Above Ghana
A worker cuts down cocoa pods on a farm in Ivory Coast.
Photographer: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/BloombergIvory Coast may increase the farmgate price for the upcoming cocoa season, which starts Oct. 1, above what neighboring Ghana is paying its growers to boost bean arrivals to warehouses.
Industry regulator Le Conseil Cafe-Cacao has proposed raising the producer price to 2,800 CFA francs ($5) per kilogram, up from 2,200 CFA francs currently, according to people familiar with the plans. The final decision would be made by President Alassane Ouattara, the people said.