Better Farming Series 22 - Cocoa (FAO - INADES, 1977, 32 p.): Suggested question paper

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

Suggested question paper

FILL IN THE MISSING WORDS

The fruits of the cocoa tree are called
Cocoa and chocolate are made from the of the beans.

The young cocoa tree needs to be protected by .....

The soil must be with cut weeds or palm fronds.

The most dangerous insects for the cocoa tree are .....
Pods must be picked only when they are quite .....

A badly bean is of poor quality.

ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS

Of what parts does the cocoa bean consist?
Why should you make a nursery bed?
Why should you cover the soil in the plantation?
How should cocoa trees be pruned?
What do your people do at home to protect cocoa trees against insects and diseases?
How should you clear the land before making a cocoa plantation?
What must you do to get cocoa of very good quality?