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More sun needed in Ivory Coast cocoa regions to boost main crop, farmers say
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The Times Of Earth
By Reuters | Posted by TOEMore sunny weather is needed across most of Ivory Coast’s cocoa-growing regions to support the September-to-February main crop, farmers said on Monday, after below-average rainfall and a cooling spell last week.
• The world’s top cocoa producer is currently in its rainy season, which typically runs from April to mid-November.
• Several farmers across the country said the soil moisture content was still high enough to support tree development for several weeks.
• If the weather remained favorable until September, harvesting for the main crop would start to be abundant from mid-October until December at least, they said.
• Weekly temperatures across Ivory Coast ranged between 24.4 and 27.4 degrees Celsius (75.9 and 81.3 degrees Fahrenheit).