Cocoa price rises in Cote d'Ivoire due to less production

STORY: Cocoa price rises in Cote d'Ivoire due to less production DATELINE: Oct. 26, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:56 LOCATION: Abidjan CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of cocoa plantation 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (French): JEAN YAO BROU, Local official for cocoa cultivation 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (French): JULIEN KOUAKOU, Cocoa farmer STORYLINE: The Cote d'Ivoire authorities have decided to increase the floor price of cocoa during the 2022-2023 cocoa campaign, which runs from early October to the end of March 2023 in Cote d'Ivoire. The floor price of cocoa is set at 900 FCFA (1.35 U.S. dollars) per kilogram, compared with 825 FCFA (1.24 U.S. dollars) in the previous season. SOUNDBITE 1 (French): JEAN YAO BROU, Local official for cocoa cultivation "First of all, we noticed that production has dropped because of the rain. The quality of cocoa beans has gone off because of humidity, so that doesn't allow us to commercialize all the beans. They need sunlight. Before when the rain, the beans were good and they met the standards of