In Ivory Coast, the world’s largest cocoa producer, farmers worry over new US tariffs

Cocoa bean plantations guarantee the livelihoods of almost the entire village of N’gattakro in central Ivory Coast. And the “brown gold” as cocoa gets called in Ivory Coast, is not only crucial for survival in this village: an estimated 6 million people in the country rely on farming and harvesting cocoa for their livelihoods.

But this year, the farmers worry that they might not be able to sell enough of their produce.

They fear the looming effects of the 21% tariffs on Ivory Coast exports to the United States, imposed by US president Donald Trump in early April.

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