This constitutes over 90% of the total cocoa producers across the country. Cocoa is grown in many parts of the country but the most favorable areas of high density are; Kailahun, Kenema and Kono districts in the Eastern province. However, low levels of production is also found in Bo, Moyamba and Pujehun in the South. Cocoa production makes a living for more main source of livelihood for farmers in Kenema, Kailahun and Kono districts east of Sierra Leone. The cocoa export is also the main sources of foreign exchange through repatriation trade policy enforcement by the Ministry of Trade and Industry.
While Cocoa is a raw material for manufacturing of cocoa drink, chocolate, cocoa butter and cocoa oil, preparation of illicit gin and use in the preparation of soap. However, little domestic use for cocoa is found in the main producing areas of Sierra Leone, where the emphasis is mainly on export. There are however, some local uses which seem to be fairly general in Sierra Leone.
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