Togo sets 2026/27 coffee, cocoa producer prices
The new prices come as Togo expands local cocoa processing and focuses on traceability and transparency following a sharp drop in coffee and cocoa exports.
TOGO – Togo has set producer prices at CFAF 1,300 per kilogram for coffee and CFAF 2,240 (US$3.89) for cocoa for the 2026-2027 marketing season, which begins on October 1, following a sharp decline in exports during the previous season.
Authorities said the new prices are intended to improve producer incomes while supporting coffee and cocoa growers amid volatility in international markets.
Coffee exports fell to about 2,600 tons in 2025-2026 from 4,400 tons a year earlier, while cocoa exports declined to 8,900 tons from 24,000 tons over the same period.
The contraction followed a strong performance in 2024, when cocoa exports generated CFAF 54.1 billion (US$94.01M), compared with CFAF 16.7 billion (US$29.02M) in 2023. The increase helped lift Togo’s agricultural export earnings to CFAF 176.2 billion (US$306.17M), the highest level recorded between 2020 and 2024, before global prices declined in 2025 and 2026.
Farmgate prices reflected the market reversal. Cocoa fell to CFAF 2,240 per kilogram in early 2025 after reaching CFAF 5,525 during the global price rally. Coffee producers received CFAF 200 per kilogram, compared with about CFAF 600 a few months earlier.
Despite weaker exports, domestic production increased. Coffee output reached 30,472 tons, up 2.5%, while cocoa production rose 7% to 23,084 tons, according to sector data.
Togo is also placing greater emphasis on local cocoa processing to create additional value. Agbovon Essi Jessica, a processor, said: “Since 2017, we have started processing cocoa beans into cocoa powder, cocoa butter, chocolate and the Ice Cocoa Milk drink.”
The coffee and cocoa sector includes about 32,000 producers and accounts for nearly 1.2% of gross domestic product. Since 2021, nearly 940,000 seedlings have been distributed, while two post-harvest centres have been established to improve bean quality.
Enselme Gouton, secretary-general of the Coffee and Cocoa Sector Coordination Committee (CCFCC), said: “The more we process, the more value added we create.”
Gouton also identified product traceability and transparency in transactions as priorities for the new marketing season.
The new season comes as Togo seeks to strengthen value addition and improve conditions across the coffee and cocoa supply chains following the decline in exports.
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