Two producers (facing the camera) speak with a manager of a purchasing cooperative in a residual cocoa warehouse awaiting collection in Songan, a village near 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)