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Tier 4 · Emerging highland pocket
Taraba
Evidence that cocoa can be cultivated outside the traditional belts where microclimate and elevation are suitable.
Indicative output
4,480 t
National share
< 5%
National rank
#11
Identified LGAs
1
LGA → community evidence
| LGA | Community | Figure | Note | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gashaka | Gashaka | Not quantified | Below 5,000 t / under 5% nationally | Study estimate |
Rows marked “Not quantified” are cocoa-zone locations supported by field studies. No public dataset assigns tonnage to every village, so none is implied here.
Towns to investigate physically
Gashaka
Sources for this state
- Frontiers — Peer-reviewed national cocoa-production study; production table totals 328,263 t with state → LGA → community locations.

