Côte d’Ivoire: Women cocoa producers lead the battle for access to land
The sun has risen, but the weather is cool and the air is dusty. Victoire Kouaglou, a 58-year-old grandmother of […]
Côte d’Ivoire: Women cocoa producers lead the battle for access to land
The sun has risen, but the weather is cool and the air is dusty. Victoire Kouaglou, a 58-year-old grandmother of […]
Ivorian cocoa: Access to finance is the key to success for women in the cocoa bean processing industry
Like this edition’s Farmer story from Côte d’Ivoire, our Script of the week focuses on women, cocoa production, and processing. […]
Côte d’Ivoire: Farmers adopt new techniques to increase cocoa production in the face of climate change
It’s Sunday evening and the sun is beginning to set. Patrice Assalé is a cocoa farmer from Apprompronou, in the […]
Rehabilitating cocoa plantations
Like our Farmer story from Cote d’Ivoire, our Script of the Week focuses on practices to keep cocoa plantations healthy. […]
Côte d’Ivoire: Cocoa farmers plant shade trees to adapt to climate change
The sun is already high in the sky and burning fiercely. Cocoa farmer Souleymane Bamba is in his field in […]
Ghana: Good agricultural practices help cocoa farmers increase yield and income
Comfort Appiah beams with delight as she inspects her flourishing cocoa farm. Wearing a brown plaid dress and a pair […]
Côte d’Ivoire: Chocolate companies contribute to deforestation by buying cocoa from protected areas (Jeune Afrique, RFI, and The Guardian)
The signs of deforestation are easy to spot. Salam Sawadougou works his four-hectare plot In Côte d’Ivoire’s Mount Tia protected […]
Côte d’Ivoire: Improving cocoa to cope with extreme weather (Trust)
Abou Ouattara walks between the cocoa trees on his farm in Ouattaradougou village, 30 kilometres from the country’s commercial capital […]
A farmer suffocates stem borers to death and saves his cocoa farm
This week’s story from Côte d’Ivoire highlights the potential benefits of new practices and new, quicker-maturing varieties for cocoa farmers […]