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ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Top cocoa producer Ivory Coast’s largest growers’ union called on its members on Monday to strike and threatened to block port deliveries in response to low prices and warehouse backlogs.
A farmer works on a cocoa farm in Bobia, Gagnoa, Ivory Coast, December 6, 2019. REUTERS/Thierry Gouegnon//File Photo
More than 100,000 tonnes of cocoa beans are piled up in farm warehouses because of a demand slump during the COVID-19 pandemic, prompting some farmers to sell below the guaranteed farm gate price.
The National Association of Ivorian Producers (ANAPROCI), which has about 600,000 members, and two other agricultural unions are also calling for the resignation of the director-general of the Coffee and Cocoa Council (CCC).