Cocoa

Check it on your land
Temperature
21–32 °C
0° survives 10–38 °C 40°

Will it grow on your land?

Water
Season

Pick your place and water to see:

  • Whether Cocoa suits your land Good fit, possible or won't work, with the reasons.
  • What it could earn an acre From yields near you and mandi prices.
  • Water and fertiliser it needs Irrigations for your water, and bags for one acre.

What it needs

Temperature

21–32 °C
0 °C40 °C

Survives 10–38 °C. Frost hurts it.

Water

The check above works out its water need on your land.

Soil pH

4 acidic7 neutral9 alkaline

Likes slightly acidic soil. Grows from pH 4 to 8.

Soil

  • No salty soil
  • Ordinary farm soil is fine
  • K Needs plenty of potassium
How the soil score works

Source: FAO ECOCROP crop requirements (via OpenCLIM/ecocrop); FAO-56 crop coefficients (Allen et al. 1998); IMD gridded daily rainfall (0.25°); IMD gridded daily max/min temperature (1°).

Fertiliser for one acre

Not covered yet. Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra for the dose.

Watch out for

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Mandi price, month by month

No mandi prices for this crop yet.

Today's prices at mandis near you

Where it grows in India

Largest grower
Andhra Pradesh
2025-26

States that grow it

Each state's share of India's production, in its latest year with figures (2025-26). Tap a state to open it.

Source: Horticulture area & production statistics (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare).

Where it grows most

The districts with the most area in recent years. The map colours every district growing it on at least 100 ha by yield; the numbers mark these districts.

No recent district figures for this crop.