Cashew vs Cocoa
Both are Plantation. Each axis is a percentile across all 538 crops — 80 means higher than four-fifths of the table. Where an axis is missing, the crop genuinely is not measured that way.
Cashew
Cocoa
| Measure | Cashew | Cocoa |
|---|---|---|
| Season | Perennial | Perennial |
| Sowing window | Jun–Jul (planting) | Jun–Jul (planting) |
| Days to harvest | 3–4 yr to bear | 3–4 yr to bear |
| Spacing | 7.5 × 7.5 m | 2.7 × 2.7 m |
| Soil pH | 5.5–7.0 | 5.5–7.0 |
| Water | 800–1200 | 1500–2000 |
| Temperature °C | 20–35 | 20–30 |
| Seed rate | 175 plants | 1,100 plants |
| Yield | 1–1.5 t nuts | 1–1.5 t dry bean |
| Watch for | Tea mosquito bug, stem borer | Black pod, tea mosquito bug |