LONDON/ACCRA — Major African cocoa plants in Ivory Coast and Ghana have stopped or cut processing because they cannot afford to buy beans, four trading sources said, meaning chocolate prices around ...

Key players from the state government, agro‑industry, private sector, development agencies and farmer groups gathered ...

A shortage of cocoa beans has led to a near shutdown of processing plants in Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana, the two countries responsible for 60% of global production. With chocolate makers around the world ...

September ICE NY cocoa (CCU24) today is up +642 (+7.81%), and September ICE London cocoa #7 (CAU24) is up +298 (+4.59%). Cocoa prices today have extended this week's sharp rally, with NY cocoa posting ...

Stakeholders from the Cross River State government, Agro sector, private sector, development agencies, and farmer groups have aligned to chart on a new agenda for the state’s agricultural development ...

Record cocoa prices are real, and they have clearly pushed up the cost of making chocolate. And cocoa production in future ...

Barry Callebaut is reportedly planning a separation of its global cocoa unit to cut exposure to volatile cocoa prices and ...

The company’s expansion plans in the country will see an initial investment of $87.8 million. SGX-listed JB Foods is expanding its cocoa bean processing facilities in Abidjan in the Ivory Coast with a ...

Switzerland is known for its chocolate. And now the first 100% organic cocoa processing plant in the country has completed its test phase and is gearing up production. FoodNavigator learns more about ...

Olam Food Ingredients (Ofi) has installed two circular biomass boilers at its cocoa processing factories in the Netherlands and Germany. By using cocoa shells – a by-product of the cocoa production ...

A cocoa company from the western African nation of Ghana says it's opening a processing plant in Franklin that would be the largest food and beverage investment by an Africa-based company in the U.S.