Ivory Coast's mid-crop cocoa output expected to drop around 40% due to long drought, exporters say
Ivory Coast's cocoa mid-crop output is expected to drop around 40% this season after an unusually long dry season and limited ...
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Dakota Gardener: Finding winter sanctuary in the Como Conservatory
The Marjorie McNeely Conservatory at Como Park is a wonderful winter sanctuary for the family. Imagine two full acres of ...
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Flies are saving your chocolate cravings
Forcipomyia are only around one to three millimetres in length. This makes them the perfect size to access the hooded, pollen-producing anthers of the cocoa tree's small flowers. Cocoa flowers grow ...
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Ivory Coast expects dire cocoa mid-crop as chocolate industry braces for rough year
“Even if the rain comes today…it’s already too late,” said Paul Kouame Kouakou, who owns four hectares of cocoa in Duekoue, in the west of Ivory Coast. It usually takes a flower around 22 weeks to ...
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Drought threatens cocoa yields in Western Uganda
Cocoa farmers in Ntoroko and Bundibugyo districts are bracing for a potentially disastrous harvest, warning that a prolonged dry spell could slash yields by 30 percent this year. Farmers report ...