Dry weather in Nigeria's biggest cocoa-growing region has dashed hopes of a healthy mid-crop harvest as inadequate rains cause trees to produce shriveled pods, farmers and analysts said.
Cocoa season in Nigeria, the world's fourth biggest producer, runs from October to September, with an October-to-
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