Cocoa is cultivated by approximately 7,000 farmers on an area of 8,393 ha containing at least 4.5 million cocoa plants.
A plantation was set up in the 1890s to teach farmers the correct methods of raising the cocoa plant and other crops.
The five main focus points within the program are: better quality cocoa plants, train farmers, chain management, improved social circumstances and cooperation with partners.
The genome can help us enhance these molecules in cocoa plants.
On May 7, 2013, Cargill broke ground on a $100 million Indonesian cocoa plant.
The majority of the forest was once dominated by cocoa plants through a method known as cabruca.
In 1989 farmers abandoned their cocoa plants due to a fungus that attacked their harvest.
They have a good cafe and the museum has everything even a greenhouse with cocoa plants growing there.
There are three main varieties of cocoa plant: Forastero, Criollo, and Trinitario.
His job was to tackle the insects and worms invading cocoa plants.