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Ivory Coast farmers hope for more rain, sunshine to boost cocoa crop growth - REUTERS
ABIDJAN, June 9 (Reuters) - Soil moisture is helping the April-to-September mid-crop to develop across most of Ivory Coast's main cocoa growing regions, farmers said on Monday, adding that they hoped for a mix of rain and sunshine to boost growth even more.
Ivory Coast, the world's top cocoa producer, is in its rainy season which runs officially from April to mid-November, when rains are abundant and often heavy.
However, they were below average last week, farmers said, adding that the weather was often cloudy and overcast.
