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Cocoa played an important role in the social and economic life of the country, although petroleum has dominated recent development. During the colonial period (1600–1800) cultivation of cocoa spread through the country, and it became the principal export product. In the Republican era after independence it continued to occupy an important place among exports. Today, there are three main regions of cocoa production: the central region with 30,000 ha, the eastern with 29,000 ha, and the western with 6,000 ha. These produce 15,000 t of dry cocoa (Capriles, 1988) and directly or indirectly generate 40,000 jobs. Cocoa is still one of the principal export products.
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Silva-Acuña, R., Reyes, E.H., Colmenares, R.F. (1993). Comparative Epidemiology Study: Venezuela. In: Rudgard, S.A., Maddison, A.C., Andebrhan, T. (eds) Disease Management in Cocoa. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2126-2_10
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