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Heavy rain in Ivory Coast causes cocoa pod disease

ABIDJAN — Heavy rain last week in some of Ivory Coast’s cocoa-growing regions has caused plant disease to spread, farmers said on Monday, raising concern for the early stage of the October-to-march main crop.

Ivory Coast, the world’s top cocoa producer, is in its rainy season that runs from April to midnovember.

In the southern and coastal regions, farmers said they feared that too much precipitation this month would prevent them drying out beans properly and reduce the harvest.

In the eastern region of Abengourou, known for the good quality of its beans, farmers said that black pod disease was spreading on plantations due to excess moisture. Reuters

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