The true price makers are international buyers and their financiers who influence market prices based on forecasts of global demand and supply. These players ... if Ghana had contracted to sell a ...

Climate change, global cocoa shortages, and rising production costs are putting the squeeze on chocolate lovers this Easter.

Chocolatiers have already struggled as a supply shortage sent cocoa futures to record highs last December. “It’s hugely problematic,” said Jonathan Parkman, head of agricultural sales at ...

Cocoa prices have been on the defensive over the past seven weeks and fell to 4-1/2 month lows on March 21 on an improving supply outlook. On February 28, the International Cocoa Organization ...

Cocoa and coffee futures climbed in New York on heightened supply fears just as attentions shifts to potential impacts of a trade war on agriculture markets. Cocoa farmers in West Africa are ...

Cocoa farmers in the world's top-producing country ... and poor quality compared to last year and warned of a shortage of supply from July to mid-August as the consequences of dry weather persist.

ABIDJAN, April 14 (Reuters) - Cocoa farmers in the world's top-producing ... compared to last year and warned of a shortage of supply from July to mid-August as the consequences of dry weather ...

Cocoa prices today tumbled to 4-1/4 month lows. Cocoa prices have been on the defensive over the past five weeks on an improving supply outlook. On February 28, the International Cocoa ...

Cocoa farming expert professor John Dumay of Macquarie University tells CHOICE that "everybody knows there's child labour in the supply chains". "We're getting to a point in supply chain awareness ...

By converting cocoa husks into high-performance bioplastics, the initiative supports sustainability in the cocoa supply chain while positioning Vietnam as a leader in green innovation. Cocoa-based ...

Cote d'Ivoire and Ghana account for roughly 60% of the world's global cocoa supply. McNamara also said that although the higher cost of cocoa caused some decrease in the global demand for ...