Cocoa

Water

Too dry to grow on rain alone. It would need irrigation.

Needs about 1,780 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 370 mm it can use in a normal year, and 220 mm in a dry year.

Temperature

Grows best at 21–32 °C on average, and survives 10–38 °C.

Here, in its growing months (day / night):

• Jun 31 °C / 22 °C
• Jul 29 °C / 22 °C
• Aug 29 °C / 22 °C
• Sep 30 °C / 22 °C
• Oct 30 °C / 21 °C
• Nov 30 °C / 19 °C
• Dec 30 °C / 17 °C
• Jan 30 °C / 17 °C
• Feb 33 °C / 19 °C
• Mar 36 °C / 22 °C
• Apr 37 °C / 24 °C
• May 36 °C / 23 °C
• Jun 31 °C / 22 °C

Soil

Soil for Cocoa: 8 out of 10 (good).

• The pH here suits it.
• Most fields here are short of sulphur.
• Most fields here are short of zinc.
• Most fields here are short of boron.

Likes pH 5.0–6.5.

Money

Yield: about 1.2 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (its government crop records list none for your district).

A new planting gives its first real harvest after about 3 years. The money here is for plants already bearing.

Rain gives it too little of the water it needs, so there's no income figure on rain alone: grow it only with irrigation.

No mandi or support price for this crop yet.