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UPSC Prelims 2024 · Agriculture · Crops and Where They Grow
Which of the following countries are well known as the two largest cocoa producers in the world?
- (a) Algeria and Morocco
- (b) Botswana and Namibia
- (c) Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana
- (d) Madagascar and Mozambique
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Answer: (c) Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana
Côte d’Ivoire (~40%) and Ghana (~20%) grow most of the world’s cocoa in the humid Gulf of Guinea belt.
Why the others are wrong
(a) North Africa is too dry for cocoa.
(b) Botswana and Namibia are arid.
(d) Madagascar grows fine cocoa but in small amounts.
The trap
Cocoa is a Latin American plant, but Africa now grows most of it.
🔒 Cocoa: Côte d’Ivoire > Ghana > Indonesia. India: Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra.
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