Prafulla K. Das2014-06-102014-06-102007-02-08In: Proceedings, PLACROSYM VI, RRII, Kottayam, 16-20 Dec. 1984. Edited by M. R. Sethuraj and others 1987, p-397-408http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/2655Cocoa was-introduced for commercial cultivation in India after experiencing success in field experiments as a mixed crop with coconuts and arecanuts at CPCRI during the early seventies. After a brief period of accelerated growth the momentum of cocoa expansion was not only checked, but also the newly introduced crop was exposed to gross neglect owing to unremunerative prices and marketing constraints. A protective price policy for cocoa has now been executed as a remedial measure to cocoa crisis, and this study aims to find out whether this protection could motivate the farmers to adopt cocoa as a mixed crop with coconuts. The analysis reveals that the net return from cocoa grown in the interspaces of coconuts amounts to Rs. 2900/ha/ year. The coconut-cocoa system as a whole promises a net return of Rs. 16,500/ha/year as against Rs. 7300/ha/year in the case of rainfed coconut monoculture. In view of this, the interplanting of cocoa with coconuts is found to be a very attractive proposition.enArticle