Cocoa was first introduced to Nigeria in 1874.  Nigeria became one of the world producers of cocoa from 1960.  In 1960 Nigeria became the second largest producer after Ghana producing about 200,000 metric tonnes on annual basis.  Most of the developmental projects in the western region of Nigeria
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