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

which produces almost half the world’s cocoa supply of the raw ingredient used in chocolate. Like many in Ivory Coast — the world’s biggest cocoa producer — Konan Yao says cocoa has long ...

Jean Mari Konan Yao says he's struggling as a cocoa farmer in the west African nation of Ivory Coast, which produces almost half the world’s cocoa supply of the raw ingredient used in chocolate.