Cocoa Farming System In Nigeria (Cross River State)
Cocoa Farming - A Money Yielding Crops As we all know that the demand for cocoa seed is extremely high in the international market and the international price is quite encouraging to farmers. The crop is a perennial crop that is planted once and the harvest keeps coming, year in year out depending on the management practices. The cocoa beans are one of the most in-demand agricultural produce in the market anywhere in the world. Once cocoa beans have been fermented and dried, they can be processed to produce a variety of products. These products include; Cocoa butter, Cocoa powder, Cocoa liquor, etc However, to establish a cocoa plantation, various factors need to be put into consideration. This includes; climate of the locality, average rainfall per millimeter, temperature, humidity, and type of soil and planting material. For optimum production or productivity, rainfall could actually be supplemented with modern irrigation in cases of erratic rainfall. For optimum performance, 1...