How much do you know about cocoa? Take our quiz

It’s in cakes, bars and bonbons, but how and where is it actually produced? And what is life like for the smallholder farmers who grow it?

1Cocoa trees need a humid, tropical climate to thrive. Most of the world's cocoa is grown by smallholders in a narrow belt within how many degrees of the equator?

within 3 degrees

within 15-20 degrees

within 50 degrees

within 13 degrees

2It takes over 4m tonnes of cocoa each year to meet the world’s demand for chocolate. Which country consumes the most, at nearly 9kg per person per year?

Switzerland

Belgium

Mexico

US

3Which two countries produce 60% of the world's cocoa?

Ghana and Ivory Coast

Indonesia and Dominican Republic

Ghana and Indonesia

Malaysia and Brazil

4Smallholder cocoa farmers, who often farm on less than 5 hectares of land, produce what percentage of the world’s cocoa?

55%

90%

85%

45%

5Which of these is not a disease or pest affecting cocoa crops?

Frosty pod rot

Witches' broom

Cocoa pod borer

Burnt broom borer

6Climate change and unsustainable farming techniques have decreased the amount of land for cocoa crops by how much in the last four decades?

40%

70%

10%

15%

7What is the average age of a cocoa farmer?

50

55

42

37

8Global cocoa prices have been extremely volatile in the last few decades. In 2000, cocoa cost £502 per tonne, but by the spring of 2011, it reached a high of:

£999 per tonne

£1,555 per tonne

£2,655 per tonne

£2,005 per tonne

9Today the optimum altitude for cocoa is 300 to 800 feet above sea level. According to a September 2011 study published by the International Center for Tropical Agriculture, because of climate change by 2050 the optimum altitude will be:

900 to 1,000 feet above sea level

1,475 to 1,640 feet above sea level

200 to 500 feet above sea level

1,350 to 1,600 above sea level

10What percentage of GDP is provided by cocoa in Ivory Coast?

7.5%

25%

15%

2%

11Ageing cocoa trees have led to worries about the future supply of cocoa. Typically, it takes how many years for a tree to begin producing a crop?

20 years

7 years

10 years

5 years

12The growing middle class in countries like China, India and Brazil has led to a steady increase in the demand for chocolate in the past few years. Since 2008, demand for cocoa has grown, on average, by how much each year?

20%

3%

12%

0.5%