{"id":224739,"date":"2024-10-02T11:59:18","date_gmt":"2024-10-02T11:59:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/02\/ivory-coast-raises-cocoa-farmgate-price-above-ghanas\/"},"modified":"2024-10-02T11:59:18","modified_gmt":"2024-10-02T11:59:18","slug":"ivory-coast-raises-cocoa-farmgate-price-above-ghanas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/02\/ivory-coast-raises-cocoa-farmgate-price-above-ghanas\/","title":{"rendered":"Ivory Coast raises cocoa farmgate price above Ghana&#8217;s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"-webkit-user-select: none; -webkit-touch-callout: none; -moz-user-select: none; -ms-user-select: none; user-select: none;\">\n<p id=\"article-123\">The world\u2019s top cocoa producer, Ivory Coast, has increased the price it pays farmers for their cocoa by 20 per cent, Bloomberg reports.<\/p>\n<p>The raise in farmgate price places Ivorian cocoa farmers above their colleagues in Ghana, the world\u2019s second-largest producer.<\/p>\n<p>The two West African neighbours share a border and together contribute about two-thirds of the world\u2019s cocoa supply.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the rise in Ivory Coast, farmers there, as well as those in Ghana, will continue to receive far less than the global market, Bloomberg noted.<\/p>\n<p>The Francophone country increased the farmgate price by 1,800 CFA francs ($3.06) per kilogramme for the harvest that starts on Oct. 1, Minister of Agriculture Kobenan Kouassi Adjoumani said in the capital, Abidjan.<\/p>\n<p>The rate, which translates to $3,060 per tonne, is a notch higher than what Ghana started paying farmers at the beginning of its season this month, which is $3,039 per tonne.<\/p>\n<p>This could exacerbate smuggling from Ghana to Ivory Coast \u2013 a problem that has persisted for decades and been one of the banes of Ghana cocoa.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The world\u2019s top cocoa producer, Ivory Coast, has increased the price it pays farmers for their cocoa by 20 per cent, Bloomberg reports. 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