A farmer dries cocoa beans on his 20-acre plantation in Kwabeng, Ghana, on July 31.
Photographer: Paul Ninson/BloombergCommodities
African Cocoa Harvest Might Improve But Your Chocolate Prices Won’t
Challenges include disease, climate change and low farmer pay.
Moussa Konate is an optimist who tempers hope with caution after a season in which his cocoa crop was ravaged by disease.
The outlook is brightening on his tiny Ivory Coast farm, where the October harvest is approaching fast. His trees are bearing abundant pods and the leaves are a healthy green.