Production of Cocoa in India likely to double to 30,000 tonnes by 2025

16 Apr 2013 Evaluate

The production of Cocoa in the country is expected to double to 30,000 tonnes by 2025. India is currently producing only 15,600 tonnes against the demand of 45,000 tonnes from the ever-growing chocolate industry, requiring large-scale imports. In the last fiscal the country imported cocoa worth Rs 804 crore.

The domestic production which is mainly concentrated in the state of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala and Karnataka, is expected to touch 30,000 tonnes by 2025. Kerala state contributed a major share of 7,000 tonnes of production despite cultivating cocoa in smaller area, and Tamil Nadu share was 1,500 tonnes.

Besides, to serve as a model farm for the farmers where they can visit and undergo hands on training on different aspects of cocoa cultivation, the Directorate of Cashewnut and Cocoa Development Board has been asked to sanction a Centre of Excellence for Cocoa to Tamil Nadu Agricultural University.

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