Côte d’Ivoire is the world’s second-largest cocoa grinding hub after the Netherlands, and it produced 520,000 tonnes of processed cocoa in the 2013/14 growing year, or 12% of world cocoa processing. With a current grinding capacity of 550,000-600,000 tonnes, the government and the newly created sector regulator, the Coffee-Cocoa Council (Conseil...
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Articles & Analysis | Bearing fruit: Policy changes create new difficulties for small-scale cocoa grinders from The Report: Cote d'Ivoire 2015
Articles & Analysis | Changing policies: Cocoa reforms have empowered farmers but presented new challenges from The Report: Cote d'Ivoire 2015
Implemented in November 2011 under the auspices of the sector’s new regulatory body, the Coffee Cocoa Council (Conseil du Café-Cacao, CCC), the cocoa reforms sought to address arguably the largest obstacle to local production: price insecurity for farmers. The enforcement of a minimum 60% cost, insurance and freight (CIF) price for farmers has...
Interviews & Viewpoints | Massandjé Touré-Litsé, CEO, Coffee Cocoa Council (Conseil Café Cacao, CCC): Interview from The Report: Cote d'Ivoire 2015
Articles & Analysis | Expansion ahead: Efforts under way to rejuvenate domestic cashew and cotton production from The Report: Cote d'Ivoire 2015
Under the guidance of the newly established regulator, the Cotton and Cashew Council (Conseil du Coton et de l’Anacarde, CCA), the two dominant crops of northern Côte d’Ivoire are projected to expand rapidly over the next several years to meet government objectives for production and processing. Growth in the cashew and cotton sectors will be...
Interviews & Viewpoints | Youval Rasin, CEO, DekelOil: Interview from The Report: Cote d'Ivoire 2015
Articles & Analysis | Port of call: Expansion at the two main ports should boost transit traffic from The Report: Cote d'Ivoire 2015
The central location, large infrastructural capacity, and extensive road and rail connections of Côte d’Ivoire make it a natural gateway for trade to and from its landlocked neighbours: Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali. A decade of unrest, however, has weakened the country’s role as a transit gateway to the region and has seen the ports of Dakar (...