Government To Pump US$350mn Into Cocoa

The Indonesian government is making its most aggressive attempt yet to stimulate growth in the economically important cocoa industry. The country is the world's third largest cocoa producer, after Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana, but production has waned since 2006 as a result of disease, a lack of investment and below-par farming techniques. For its latest campaign, the government has earmarked US$350mn to revitalise the industry, with aim of raising output to more than 600,000 tonnes by

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