Economic Analysis of Cocoa Production Cropping Pattern in Nigeria, West Africa

Cocoa is the most prominent export crop in Nigeria terms of its production and capacities. There dearth literature on profitability different cropping systems. This study therefore examined cocoa systems factors that affect revenue farmers for each The area was information were collected from one hundred eighty using well-structured question- naires. Descriptive statistics, budgetary analysis linear regression used this study. revealed twenty-seven practised sole cropping, seventy-five cocoa/arable seventy-eight cocoa/tree systems, respectively. mean age system 49.3 years, cocoa/ arable 47.8 years while 47.2 years. For system, total cost (TC) USD 7,764; gross (GR) 43,774 with 36,009 as profit made system. TC 18,003, GR 124,104 106,102. Similarly 16,215, 109,849 93,634. determinants three age, gender, marital status (married), educational level (primary), seedling, fertilizer, fungicide, herbicide, labour bush clearing, land preparation, weeding planting. Cocoa/tree more profitable than However, tree a value