While Côte d'Ivoire's cocoa sector is paralyzed, the country's Ministry of Agriculture announced that the State will purchase all cocoa stocks stored in the country's cooperatives.
This measure comes in the context of an industry crisis linked to the slowdown in exports, it will finally make it possible to pay producers.
Ivory Coast is the world's leading producer of cocoa, the industry represents 14% of its GDP.
"The strategy chosen is simple and effective. The government will rely primarily on credible, solid and structured national operators, who will carry out purchasing and collection operations in collaboration with their traditional partners, notably crushers, multinationals and international exporters. The State will rely primarily on credible, solid and structured national operators, who will conduct purchasing and collection operations in collaboration with their traditional partners, particularly crushers, multinationals and international exporters." said Kobenan Kouassi Adjoumani, Minister of Agriculture of Côte d'Ivoire.
But since mid-October 2025, with the fall in prices on the world market, and liquidity problems among buyers, exports have been slowing down and stocks are accumulating everywhere.
A situation which plunges producers into economic and social distress.
