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CRA: Weather in Cocoa Growing Areas Through 25 March 2025
West Africa . Rain in the cocoa areas of Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana has followed the average week-to-week pattern of recent years. In Côte...
Mar 272 min read


CRA: Weather in Cocoa Growing Areas Through 18 March 2025
West Africa . Rain in the cocoa areas of Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana is following the average week-to-week pattern of recent years. In Côte...
Mar 222 min read


CRA: Weather in Cocoa Growing Areas Through 7 March 2025
West Africa . Rain has reached Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana cocoa areas in amounts slightly less than during recent years. In Côte d’Ivoire ,...
Mar 82 min read


CRA: Weather in Cocoa Growing Areas Through 28 Feb 2025
West Africa . Rain continues to return to Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana in amounts typical of recent years. In Côte d’Ivoire , rain slowed...
Mar 42 min read


CRA: Weather in Cocoa Growing Areas Through 22 February 2025
West Africa . Rain has been returning to Côte d’Ivoire in amounts typical of recent years or slightly more. Veriground stations...
Mar 12 min read


CRA: Weather in Cocoa Growing Areas Through 15 February 2025
We are reporting weather more frequently during this important period for the start of the 25/26 main crops and while many stories of...
Feb 171 min read


CRA: Weather in Cocoa Growing Areas Through 11 February 2025
West Africa . The first 11 days of Feb have seen only light rain in Côte d’Ivoire . Veriground stations reported small amounts each day...
Feb 152 min read


CRA: Weather in Cocoa Growing Areas Through 3 February 2025
West Africa . Rain continued for several days after the showers on 24 Jan brought an end to seven weeks of almost no rain. Moderate rain...
Feb 72 min read


CRA: Weather in Cocoa Growing Areas Through 26 January 2025
West Africa . Following the forecasts for rain given in CRA’s weather report through 22 Jan, rain fell at 38 of 75 monitored Côte...
Feb 31 min read


CRA: Weather in Cocoa Growing Areas Through 26 January 2025
The Veriground website shows data collected within the latest 12 hours. Veriground is adding stations weekly and expects to cover Ghana’s...
Jan 242 min read


CRA: Weather in Cocoa Growing Areas Through 14 January 2025
West Africa . Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana have continued to see little rain. The average 30-day sum at VG stations in Côte d’Ivoire has been...
Jan 202 min read


CRA: Weather in Cocoa Growing Areas Through 28 December 2024
West Africa . Only small amounts of rain at random places have been reaching cocoa areas of Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana . Average 30-day rain...
Dec 29, 20242 min read


CRA: Weather in Cocoa Growing Areas Through 14 December 2024
Weather in most major cocoa growing areas during 2024 has been often less than normal. Some temperatures have been above past norms. West...
Dec 14, 20242 min read


CRA: Weather in Cocoa Growing Areas Through 5 December 2024
Weather in most major cocoa growing areas has been irregular during 2024 and continues to be irregular. Rain often has been less than...
Dec 14, 20242 min read


CRA: Weather in Cocoa Growing Areas Through 23 November 2024
West Africa . Rain at CRA’s Veriground stations in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana has slowed at a pace like recent seasons. However, average...
Nov 24, 20242 min read


CRA: Weather in Cocoa Growing Areas Through 12 November 2024
West Africa . Many of the reports about extreme rain, drought, and heat in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana were due to brief, isolated...
Nov 19, 20242 min read


October Rain in Jamasi
Jamasi, a town in Ghana’s Ashanti Region within the Sekyere South District, is home to a population of approximately 20,000 people 1. The...
Nov 15, 20242 min read


October Rain in Daboase, Ghana
Agriculture is the lifeblood of Daboase [JS1] , a collection of rural villages in the Wassa East district of Ghana’s Western Region,...
Oct 26, 20243 min read


CRA: Weather in Cocoa Growing Areas Through 19 October 2024
Ecuador . Severe dryness is emerging in Ecuador, also Colombia. Rain has been low since spring and has slowed to almost nil since late...
Oct 20, 20242 min read


Drought Damages Yam Crop in Atebubu, Ghana
Atebubu is a remote town in Ghana’s Bono East Region, about 150 km from Techiman, the nearest city. Yam farming is an important part of...
Oct 14, 20242 min read
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