. The cacao industry of Ecuador :. Cacao Ecuador. - 10 - NUMBER OF HACIENDAS 120 100 80 60 40 20 —\ 0 1 0- \1 25 2 6- 2t iO 5C 1- 5 0 7 ARE 01- 751- 1001- 1251- 2,501- 12,501- 25,001- 50 1000 12 50 2,500 12,500 25,000 a OVER A IN CACAO (ACRES) may be many miles long, they seldom exceed 1 mile in width. Most of the plantings occur between an elevation o£ 15 to 75 feet above sea level. In 1942, cacao, including abandoned and semiabandoned plantings, was grown on about 53 percent of the cultivated lands of the Coastal Region, while coffee, rice, and bananas oc- cupied about 17, 11, and 7 percent,
. The cacao industry of Ecuador :. Cacao Ecuador. - 10 - NUMBER OF HACIENDAS 120 100 80 60 40 20 —\ 0 1 0- \1 25 2 6- 2t iO 5C 1- 5 0 7 ARE 01- 751- 1001- 1251- 2,501- 12,501- 25,001- 50 1000 12 50 2,500 12,500 25,000 a OVER A IN CACAO (ACRES) may be many miles long, they seldom exceed 1 mile in width. Most of the plantings occur between an elevation o£ 15 to 75 feet above sea level. In 1942, cacao, including abandoned and semiabandoned plantings, was grown on about 53 percent of the cultivated lands of the Coastal Region, while coffee, rice, and bananas oc- cupied about 17, 11, and 7 percent, respectively. Data for recent years, ending in 1948, are not available. Estimates, FIGURE distribution of haciendas by actual area in cacao. however, indicate a decrease in percentage of cultivated lands in coffee and cacao of about 6 and 10 percent, respectively, and an increase of about 7 and 10 percent in bananas and rice, respectively. The remainder of the cultivated lands, as shown in figure 6, was planted to cotton, sugarcane, citrus, and miscellaneous crops. Complete abandonment of the plantations is more common in extremely humid zones with an absence of a pronounced dry season, but partial or semiabandonment is high throughout all regions, being estimated at ap- proximately 50 percent for the country as a whole. In general, areas with small haciendashave "a lower percentage of abandonment. Among the principal factors re- sponsible for complete or semiabandonment are lack of capital for proper maintenance and the prevalence of dis- eases. TYPES AND CHARACTERISTICS OF CACAO GROWN T he 0 b roma cacao, the only species of cacao grown commercially in the world, is tradi- tionally classified into two broad groups: Crio- llo, white or pale vio- CITRUS OA'fo SUGAR CANE, ^^ COTTON, BANANAS MISCELLANEOUS CROPS CACAO COFFEE \T5% TOTAL 922,500 ACRES */lff£j3 OF ABANDONED AND SEMIABANDONED PLANTINGS INCLUDED FIGURE crop
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