Dear sirs,Further to your requirements,i have grown cocoa in palm oil plantation in visakhapatnam dist,12 years back. upto my knowledge :- per acre you need 10 women/man days extra for organic mannuring per year and for pesticidal sprays, you can go along with palm oil plants as for cocoa discease / pest problems are minor. Hence for 5 acres totally 50 women/man hours are required per year. As far as harvesting labour are cocerned you need 20 woman/man hours per acre and hence 100 woman/man hours are required per year totally.you pl caliculate as per local prevealing rates.
As regards to yielding,you will get 3 to 4 kg dry beans per plant per year toatally and hence a minimum of 600 kgs,( not less and even more ) per acre and 3,000 kgs per 5 acres plantation. The government of AP is having rate contract with cadburry’s and campacola and they have to purchase and pay cash to farmers,its a constutional.( for present system you pl verify with horticulture dept of AP.) The old rate in 2004 was around Rs 60/- plus and i heard now it is around more than Rs 120/- Pl verify. Even you take Rs 100/- your min earnings will be more than Rs 60,000/- plus. Regards to pepper inter cropping you pl intercrop after 10 years of palm oil plants. Cocoa plants can be 300 to 350 per acre in palm oil planting.