High Expectations for Nicaragua CocoaOf the 2.72 million hectares with potential for growing cacao only 16,000 hectares are devoted to the crop which is currently highly profitable.Thursday, October 10, 2013
Laprensa.com.ni reports: " ... at the moment in various parts of the country there are projects , including one that will be run over the next three years by VECO Mesoamerica and Heifer International which will benefit some 1,500 small producers in three cooperatives: la Campesina de Matiguás (Matagalpa) Cacaonica de Waslala (North Atlantic Autonomous Region) and Fenacoop , New Guinea (South Atlantic Autonomous Region)" . Source: laprensa.com.ni Cocoa Cultivation Given New Impetus in Costa RicaOctober 2015 Several government institutions have allocated resources to the recovery of the sector, which has a cultivated area of 4,750 hectares, and in 2014 exported $10 million. More Competition in the Cocoa MarketAugust 2014 This year Ecuador could surpass Brazil as the largest producer of cocoa in America, with an expected increase of 9% in production, estimated at 240 thousand tons. Honduran Cocoa Growing and More Growth PlannedJanuary 2013 The number of producers grew by 40% in the past two years, with a total harvest of about 850 tons. Panamanian Cocoa For the Entire WorldSeptember 2011 The fruit grown in the provinces of Colon, Cocle and Bocas del Toro is consumed in Costa Rica, Brazil and Europe .
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