Rains “should improve conditions quite a bit” in Ghana, the world’s second-biggest grower, and Indonesia, Donald Keeney, senior meteorologist at Maxar Technologies Inc., said in an email.1)
In Ghana, the combination of rain and sunshine has been good for cocoa, and growers would like the pattern to continue, said Michael Acheampong, a chief farmer in the town of Kwarbeng about 100 kilometers (62 miles) north of Accra.2)