{"id":22338,"date":"2026-01-13T06:21:35","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T04:21:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhb-webdevelopers\/channelafrica\/news\/ivory-coast-rains-raise-hopes-for-strong-mid-crop-cocoa-harvest\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:33:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:33:20","slug":"ivory-coast-rains-raise-hopes-for-strong-mid-crop-cocoa-harvest","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/ivory-coast-rains-raise-hopes-for-strong-mid-crop-cocoa-harvest\/","title":{"rendered":"Ivory Coast rains raise hopes for strong mid-crop cocoa harvest"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Farmers in Ivory Coast say the mainly above-average rainfall recorded last week across most of the country\u2019s main cocoa-growing regions is a positive sign for the upcoming April-to-September mid-crop.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The world\u2019s leading cocoa producer is currently in its dry season, which typically runs from mid-November to March and is marked by limited rainfall. However, growers report that recent showers have exceeded expectations in several key producing areas.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>According to farmers, the improved moisture levels have encouraged flowering on cocoa trees, an important indicator for the development of the mid-crop. \u201cWe are already seeing flowers beginning to bloom, which is a good sign for what lies ahead,\u201d one farmer said.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>They also believe the main crop could end on a relatively strong note, as there are still enough pods on trees that can be harvested through to late March. Farmers say this could result in a higher number of beans than initially anticipated, provided weather conditions remain favourable in the coming weeks.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">&#8211;ChannelAfrica\/Reuters&#8211;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":15463,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[44],"class_list":["post-22338","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-finance","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"The world\u2019s leading cocoa producer is currently in its dry season.","published_date":null,"news_description":"The world\u2019s leading cocoa producer is currently in its dry season.","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/22338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/22338\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25667,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/22338\/revisions\/25667"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=22338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}