No rain and a dry wind last week in most of Ivory Coast's cocoa growing regions raised concerns for the quality and development of the April-to-September mid-crop, farmers said on Monday.
Ivory Coast, the world's top cocoa producer, is in its dry season which runs from mid-November to March, when downpours are scarce.
"If this dry wind continues for two weeks we will have lots of flowers and small pods that will fall from the trees and reduce the next harvest," said Jean N'Goran, who farms near the centre-western region of Daloa, where no rain fell last week. The Harmattan wind sweeps down from the Sahara for a variable period every year between December and March, causing a sharp drop in humidity.
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