 | Better Farming Series 22 - Cocoa (FAO - INADES, 1977, 32 p.) |
 |  | (introduction...) |
| | Preface |
|  | Growing cocoa |
| | Cocoa is grown on trees |
| | What varieties of cocoa can be grown in Africa? |
| | Why cocoa is grown |
| | Choosing seeds and growing seedlings |
| | (introduction...) |
| | Choosing seeds |
| | Sowing seed sin nursery beds or in baskets |
| | Lifting seedlings from nursery beds |
| | Choosing and preparing the plantation site |
| | Choosing the site |
| | Clearing the site |
| | Preparing to plant cocoa trees |
| | Planting cocoa trees in a plantation |
| | Taking care of the plantation |
| | (introduction...) |
| | Weeding and soil cover |
| | Pruning cocoa trees |
| | Applying fertilizers |
| | Protection from insects and diseases |
| | Harvesting the pods |
| | Processing cocoa beans |
| | Suggested question paper |
(introduction...)
4. The grower can buy at research centres
· either selected seeds of good quality He sows the seeds in a nursery bed or in baskets. Later, he plants out the seedlings in the plantation.
· or young seedlings of good quality He plants them straight away in the plantation.
5. But some growers have no research centre nearby.
They can nevertheless have good cocoa plantations by:
· choosing their own seeds,
· sowing their seeds in a nursery bed,
· planting out their seedlings in the plantation.
Nursery bed Is the name for the place where the seeds are sown to make them germinate.
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