Good rains, sunshine make Ivory Coast farmers optimistic for strong mid-crop finish reuters.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from reuters.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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ABIDJAN, June 21 (Reuters) - Above-average rains last week in Ivory Coast’s central cocoa-growing regions will help the development of the last stage of the mid-crop while more downpours were needed in other regions, farmers said on Monday.
Ivory Coast, the world’s top cocoa producer, is in its March-to-November rainy season when downpours are abundant.
Farmers said heavy rains interspersed with spells of sunshine would be needed from now until late July as farmers look toward the development of the next October-to-March main crop.
The farmers added that the April-to-September mid-crop was tailing off but harvesting could rise from mid-August if the weather is good.
Abundant rains return in Ivory Coast cocoa regions reuters.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from reuters.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
An unusual dry spell persisted across most of Ivory Coast's cocoa-growing regions last week, fuelling farmers' fears that the April-to-September mid-crop could be depleted.
A prolonged dry spell persisted across Ivory Coast's cocoa-growing regions last week, jeopardising the outcome of the April-to-September mid-crop and potentially delaying the start of the next, farmers said on Monday.