Indonesia is the third biggest producer of cocoa in the world, after the Ivory Coast and Ghana. Indonesia produced as much as 535,000 tons of cocoa in 2010. In the same year, the plantation sector contributed uS$22 million in foreign exchange and the cocoa has become the third biggest contributor, trailing behind rubber and oil palm. this commodity has brought jobs to more than 1.7 million farmers. almost 85 percent of the national cocoa plantations are owned by small famers. However, the product is yet to bring prosperity to them. the quality of Indonesian cocoa is still considered low in the world market.    Cacao in Indonesia has traditionally been a product of small-scale farmers, whose acreage rarely reaches one hectare in size. The quality of their product is comparatively low and as such, farmers are often susceptible to the manipulations of the middlemen. Not surprisingly, many   nd themselves in debt from year to year. Unwilling to face the same continuing rut, a few farmers have adopted more e  cent methods of cacao cultivation and improved their marketing strategies.    In the marketplace, the quality of our cocoa seeds is not among the highest, so to improve their products, farmers in a number of areas are cultivating it organically.  One of the areas is Bali, where cocoa is a prime commodity. But the farmers find growing organic cocoa, getting their products certified and marketed as a lot of hard work. Farmers in Tabanan and Jembrana, the largest cocoa producers in Bali, have intensified organic cultivation since 2007. It takes time and determination to dispel the temptation of chemical fertilizer. A company in Bali is showing local farmers how to grow cocoa organically. Their products have already gotten into Europe, the united States and australia.    

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Cocoa , Cacao ,