A manager of a cocoa purchasing cooperative inspects residual cocoa awaiting collection in a cocoa warehouse in Aboisso on March 17, 2026. Exports from the west African country have slowed since late last year, mainly because of a collapse in world prices, which have fallen fourfold in less than a year. Ivorian beans have piled up at warehouses of the agricultural coperatives that act as intermediaries between producers and exporters, while growers are not paid. (Photo by Sia KAMBOU / AFP via Getty Images)