Bad Ivorian Roads Still Hindering Moving Africa Cocoa Beans
A worker harvests cocoa fruit from trees on a plantation in Ivory Coast.
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Cocoa farmers in top producer Ivory Coast remain concerned about road damage that’s hampering the transportation of bountiful supplies.
While weather conditions have been good for crops, heavy rain has flooded roads, making it harder for farmers to get their beans to cities or ports. The problem means that some growers in Guizreu in the nation’s west have preferred to go and sell in Guinea rather than heading to the Ivorian town of Danane, said Gbagbeu Gui, a farmer in the region.