Jean Mari Konan Yao says he’s struggling as a cocoa farmer in the West African nation of Ivory Coast, which produces almost half the world’s cocoa supply of the raw ingredient used in chocolate.

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In 2023, Ivory Coast exported $3.68 billion worth of cocoa beans, its second biggest export after gold. The U.S. was its fourth-largest importer of cocoa beans, after the Netherlands, Malaysia and ...

The reasons? Recent failed cocoa crops in West Africa, where most of the world’s cocoa beans come from, due to climate change and lack of money to reinvest in the farms. Also to blame?

Dovetailing with that call for rehabilitation has been the explosion of the bean-to-bar movement, in which manufacturers control every step of the chocolate-making process, emphasizing support for ...

after the Swiss chocolate maker cut its sales outlook for the year. The company blamed “unprecedented volatility” in the cocoa market for the downgrade. The world’s top cocoa processor now expects ...

after the Swiss chocolate maker cut its sales outlook for the year. The company blamed “unprecedented volatility” in the cocoa market for the downgrade. The world’s top cocoa processor now ...

Barry Callebaut cut its annual sales volume forecast due ... forecast on Thursday due to “unprecedented volatility” in cocoa bean prices. This development led to a significant drop in the ...