The Coffee-Cocoa Council, the regulatory body for the sector in Côte d'Ivoire, officially handed out producer cards on Wednesday, a medium that serves as a bank card and electronic wallet for transactions related to the purchase of beans.
In Côte d'Ivoire, the selling price of cocoa is one of the main drivers of production development. If operators were smiling in 2020/2021, the situation should be less bright for the new campaign to be announced next month.
As it does every year, the Coffee and Cocoa Council (CCC) of Côte d'Ivoire published on Thursday the list of commercial companies and cooperatives approved to export cocoa and coffee for the 2021/22 season, which will begin on October 1.
In Côte d'Ivoire, the cocoa marketing system has been reformed for nearly a decade. This marketing system allows the country to sell a certain proportion of the upcoming harvest each year before the start of a new season.
