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Dry Ivory Coast weather may cut mid-crop, farmers say
2016-02-15 13:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Persistent hot and dry weather in most of Ivory Coast's main cocoa regions has damaged trees and could reduce the quality of beans and the size of the mid-crop, farmers said on Monday. Ivory Coast's dry season runs from mid-November to March but farmers still rely on periodic showers to aid the development of the April-to-September mid-crop. This year dry weather and seasonal Harmattan winds -- which blow in from the Sahara and can sap soil moisture and reduce the size of beans -- have been...
VIDEO: Sweet ambition for Ivory Coast cocoa
2016-01-22 13:29:25| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
How Ivory Coast is looking to add value to their cocoa, from pod to packaging.
Thomson Video Networks powers Ivory Coast DTT pilot
2015-09-29 17:10:55| Digital TV News
Thomson Video Networks has announced that its HD/SD encoding and video processing solutions are being deployed as part of a pilot digital terrestrial television (DTT) video headend for CNM-TNT, the Ivory Coast committee heading the country's transition to digital.
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Heineken creates Ivory Coast JV
2015-09-25 11:05:27| Daily beverage news and comment - from just-drinks.com
Heineken has formed a joint venture in the Ivory Coast to build a brewery and market beer in the country.
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Ivory Coast weather conditions threaten next season's cocoa
2015-07-06 18:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Heavy rain and overcast conditions in the past week threaten to damage the early flowering for next season's cocoa main crop in some of Ivory Coast's growing regions, farmers said on Monday. The world's top cocoa producer is currently harvesting its April-to-September mid-crop, and arrivals reached 1,575,000 tonnes by July 5, down from 1,605,000 tonnes in the same period of the previous season. The flowers for next season's cocoa are beginning to appear on trees and farmers are turning their...
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