The announcement of the arrival of coronavirus in their country is raising concerns among Ivorian cocoa planters. Although, in the short term, these planters continue to be able to feed their families thanks to their own food production, they nevertheless fear a drop in their income from cocoa. This situation would then jeopardize their food purchases between now and the end of the year. An analysis by François Ruf, an agroeconomist at CIRAD, produced in Abidjan in collaboration with observers from the NGO SADRCI and from GIZ, the German Agency for International Cooperation.