JAKARTA, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- Production of cocoa in Indonesia has been forecast to rise significantly this year amid favorable weather condition.
Tha country's cocoa association has estimated that cocoa output will grow at least 10 percent to 352,000 tons this year.
"In 2015 there was El Nino and La Nina for 2016. In 2017 there were too many rains so that production fell. Commonly, after three years of decline, output will rise," chairman of Indonesian cocoa association Pieter Jasman was quoted by kontan.co.id as saying on Tuesday night.
The chairman said currently productivity of cocoa plantation in Indonesia is only 500 kg per hectare compared with that in Cote d'Ivoire of 3 ton per hectare.
Indonesia is among the world's top three cocoa producers along with Cote d'Ivoire and Ghana.
