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ADZOPÉ, Ivory Coast—In the central clearing of a steep-sloped cocoa plantation, surrounded by trees dripping with fat green pods ... of the world’s cocoa beans, the law will also apply ...

Rains were scarce in most of top grower Ivory Coast's main cocoa regions last week and more are needed to boost the April-to-September mid-crop, farmers said on Monday.

The beans are then removed from the pods with their surrounding pulp. Workers fill sacks with cocoa beans in Kahin village at the edge of the Scio forest reserve in Duekoue, Ivory Coast.