ABSTRACT
The number of adults regularly engaged in the cocoa farms was 467, of which 267 were farmers owning farms, 87 were farmers not owning farms, 89 were caretakers, and 24 were permanent labourers. In 13 cases the extent of the cocoa farm owned was greater than the farmer and family could manage, and some of the farms were given over to caretakers. In the remaining 9 cases there appeared to be no better reason than laziness or pride. However, much of the ordinary routine work in the cocoa farms lends itself to group labour, and it is common for the family as a whole to work in a family farm irrespective of which member of the family owns it. The work done by the women is discussed more fully later. A fluctuation of about 20% in yield and 80% in value is seen in these three years, but an examination of long-term data for the whole cocoa industry.
