Below-average rains mixed with sunshine in most of Ivory Coast's cocoa-growing regions seen last week were encouraging for the development of the last stage of the October-to-March main crop, farmers said on Monday.
Ivory Coast, the world's top cocoa producer, is entering its dry season, which runs officially from mid-November to March, when rains are poor and scarce.
Farmers said the state of plantations implied harvesting would be better between February and March, compared to last season, although adequate rainfall would be needed until the end of this month. A similar sentiment was seen in the western region of Soubre and in the southern region of Agboville, where rains were below average, as well as the southern region of Divo, where rainfall was above average.
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