A man checks cocoa beans at an exhibition stand during the National Cocoa and Chocolate Day at the Abidjan exhibition centre in Abidjan on September 30, 2024. The purchase price of cocoa from planters in Ivory Coast, the world's leading producer, has been set at 1,800 CFA francs (2.7 euros) per kilo, a record amount after a year when world prices reached record highs, the Minister of Agriculture announced on September 30, 2024. (Photo by Sia KAMBOU / AFP) (Photo by SIA KAMBOU/AFP via Getty Images)