Cocoa vs Sugarcane
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.
Cocoa
Sugarcane
| Measure | Cocoa | Sugarcane |
|---|---|---|
| Season | Perennial | Perennial |
| Sowing window | Jun–Jul (planting) | Oct–Nov, Feb–Mar |
| Days to harvest | 3–4 yr to bear | 300–365 |
| Spacing | 2.7 × 2.7 m | 90–120 cm rows |
| Soil pH | 5.5–7.0 | 6.5–7.5 |
| Water | 1500–2000 | 1500–2500 |
| Temperature °C | 20–30 | 20–35 |
| Seed rate | 1,100 plants | 35–40 k setts |
| Yield | 1–1.5 t dry bean | 80–100 t |
| Watch for | Black pod, tea mosquito bug | Early shoot borer, red rot, woolly aphid |