Cocoa in Northern Australia – Fact Sheet

  • Published: 24 Feb 2010

  • Author(s): Diczbalis, Yan, Lemin, Craig, Richards, Nick, Wicks, Chris

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Cocoa is a key ingredient in chocolate.
The production of Australian grown cocoa has moved one step closer with a new report Producing Cocoa in Northern Australia from RIRDC demonstrating the crop has commercial potential in northern Australia.
The report by by Yan Diczbalis, Craig Lemin, Nick Richards and Chris Wicks is available from the RIRDC bookshop at www.rirdc.gov.au. (RIRDC pub. no. 09/092)

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