Ivory Coast cocoa farmers miss high prices
REUTERS
By Loucoumane Coulibaly and Marcy Nicholson
ABIDJAN/NEW YORK, April 23 (Reuters) - An unusually harsh harmattan -- a seasonal cold, dry wind that carries clouds of dust from the Sahara -- was the first sign of trouble for West African cocoa farmers.
This was followed by a drought, described as the worst in living memory by farmers in parts of top grower Ivory Coast, cutting the supply of their main crop beans short well before the end of the season...
