Cocoa has long provided a lifeline in Ivory Coast but adverse weather and plant diseases have hurt harvests in recent years.

Ivory Coast exports between 200,000 and 300,000 metric tonnes of cocoa to the U.S. each year, according to data from the Coffee and Cocoa Council (CCC) ...

The country could raise export taxes on cocoa to earn more revenue, which would make the product more expensive for consumers ...

His parents moved to Ivory Coast in the 1980s ... of which it remains the world’s largest producer. But the share of agriculture has been declining. In 2022 services accounted for more than ...