While Côte d’Ivoire dithers on setting its producer price for the 2025-2026 season, Cameroon has stolen a march on rivals and announced an average farmgate price of approximately 5,000 CFA francs per kilogram, within a broader range spanning 3,200 to 5,400 CFA/kg, marking a historically high level aimed at supporting the country’s cocoa farmers.
At the official season launch in Mbankomo, Cameroon’s Trade Minister, Luc Magloire Mbarga Atanganam, highlighted the fact that in the 2024-2025 season, farmgate prices exceeded 5,000 CFA/kg, thanks to strong international demand.
He said the 2025-2026 outlook remains favourable, as “the government aims to maintain these elevated prices for farmers.”
Côte d'Ivoire is under pressure due to Ghana's higher-than-anticipated producer prices. "It will announce its price in October, despite rumours predicting the campaign will open in September for the 2025-26 season," an analyst told cocoaradar.com.
“Cameroon has become the sub-regional benchmark with very attractive prices - and the real source of the constraint is the low prices imposed on producers," he said.