SOUBRÉ, Côte d’Ivoire — “Dry periods never used to last this long before,” says Célestin Oura, a farmer in southwestern Côte d’Ivoire. “The dry season used to last a month at most. Now, it lasts three to four months, and the plantations are really suffering as a result.” Declining yields and rising production costs are … Continue reading Côte d’Ivoire cacao farmers struggle as climate havoc devastates crops