Which of the following countries are well known as the two largest cocoa producers in the world ?
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Answer: C. Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) and Ghana, both in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea, are the two largest cocoa producers in the world. Together they grow well over half of the world's cocoa.
Watch for: Any African pair can look plausible; cocoa needs a hot, wet equatorial climate like the Gulf of Guinea coast.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. Wrong because Algeria and Morocco have dry climates unsuited to cocoa.
- B. Wrong because Botswana and Namibia are dry southern African countries, not cocoa growers.
- D. Wrong because Madagascar and Mozambique are not leading cocoa producers.
Source to check: International Cocoa Organization (ICCO) Quarterly Bulletin of Cocoa Statistics; FAO FAOSTAT crop production data
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