Farmers across the country said they were preparing to start harvesting this week ahead of the October-to-March main crop. Pods were ripening on trees, boosted by high soil moisture content from the ongoing rainy season, they said.
The focus at the start of the season from politicians and producers is to avoid the low prices seen in previous years. There are concerns as farmers are financially struggling due to unsustainably low returns. The Ivory Coast cocoa and coffee council suspended projects that helped to boost cocoa production; however, the warm weather has supported the output. In the western region of Soubre, at the heart of the cocoa belt, farmers said beans to sell from next week were piling up in the bush.
Data collected by Reuters showed rainfall in Soubre, which includes the regions of San Pedro and Sassandra, was Average temperatures ranged from The majority of the crop is produced by small farmers who still harvest, store and process cocoa in old traditional ways, without much technology and modern fertilizers.
Cocoa was brought to Indonesia in from the Philippines. The first type of cocoa planted here was called criollo, originating from Venezuela.
In the 19th century, cocoa expansion efforts began in East and Central Java , side by side with coffee planting areas. You can arrange a tour to one of the cocoa farms while you are in Sulawesi through local tour operators.
There is also the option of visiting a plantation and a chocolate factory in Batang, Central Java , or in the Kulon Progo area. Cocoa is harvested all year round, but the main crop is harvested between September and December, and mid crop harvest falls from March to July.
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