This is so informative and educative a post. The biggest cost component in both setting up and keeping up a plantation is the labour. Farm sizes change and along these lines work costs shift, with numerous smallholders working the land themselves instead of contracting workers. So the costs for a substantial etate will be higher than for a smallholder. A review of the case studies on labour usage for the maintenance of cocoa suggested that the mean labour usage, assuming a labourer works 230 days per year, in plantation conditions is 3.37 hectares per man per year.

The time taken for setting up the plantation likewise should be mulled over. The land ought to be cleared and shade trees developed before planting the cocoa seedlings; this could take a year. Cocoa trees take 3-5 years to yield a product, with hybrid varieties providing crops earlier. Be that as it may, cocoa trees ought to be gainful for around 25 years. Thanks for sharing