Description: Preface vii Acknowledgements ix Note on Terminology x List of Plates xi List of Figures xv List of Maps xviii Glossary xix 1 History and development G. A. R. Wood 1 2 Botany, types and populations H. Toxopeus 11 3 Environment G. A. R. Wood 38 4 Planting material H. Toxopeus 80 5 Propagation G. A. R. Wood 93 6 Establishment G. A. R. Wood 119 7 Shade and nutrition M. Wessel 166 8 Maintenance and improvement of mature cocoa farms R. A. Lass 195 9 Replanting and rehabilitation of old cocoa farms R. A. Lass 210 10 Labour usage R. A. Lass 234 11 Diseases R. A. Lass 265 12 Insects and cocoa P. F. Entwistle 366 13 From harvest to store G. A. R. Wood 444 14 Quality and inspection G. A. R. Wood 505 15 Marketing A. P. Williamson 528 16 Production G. A. R. Wood 543 17 Consumption and manufacture G. A. R. Wood 587 Appendix 1 Visual Symptoms of Mineral Malnutrition 598 Appendix 2 International Cocoa Standards 601 Appendix 3 Conversion Factors 607 Appendix 4 Publications on Cocoa 608 Index 610

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