cocoa farming
Growing cacao trees
Cocoa farming is the cultivation of cacao trees for their seeds, which are processed into chocolate and cocoa products.
The crop grows in tropical regions within twenty degrees of the equator, with West Africa producing most of the world's supply.
Cocoa farming remains labor-intensive, with much of the work done by hand.
- cacao podsFruit yielding chocolate beans
- drying racksStands for air-desiccating clothes
- sun dryingPreserving via natural light
- tropical climateWarm, rainy year-round conditions
- wet seasonProlonged rainy period
commodity prices · fermentation · soil fertility · fertilization · Ivory Coast · midges · harvest season · planting · pulp · pruning · export markets · sweating · biodiversity · rainfall · grafting · harvesting · roasting · bean to bar
- AfricaEgypt, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania
- primary industriesforestry, ranching, quarrying, aquaculture, lumbering
- African economicsGDP, GDP growth, foreign investment, trade deficit, trade deficits
- African economydiamond mining, gold mining, copper mining, safari tourism, mobile banking
- tropical farmingtropical crops, banana plantation, coconut palms, coconut plantations, sugarcane
- GhanaAccra, Ashanti, Gold Coast, Western, Central
cocoa farmingindustrial production
Goods made by factories
office work · financial services · technology sector · retail trade · commodity trading
cocoa farmingwilderness preservation
Protecting wild areas permanently
rainforest conservation · reforestation · urban development · deforestation