soil conditions are not good and cause disease pests of cocoa production in South Sulawesi tumbled. According to the lecturer in Plant Pests and Diseases Ade Rosmana Hasanuddin University, major pests that attack cocoa is currently borer. In addition, most of the cocoa plant is also affected by the disease and die rotten fruit twigs. As a result, the production of cocoa pods down 25 to 75 percent."Until now there has been no cure," he said, Thursday, June 27, 2016.
To solve the problems of pests and diseases of cocoa, the Indonesian academics doing research to find new methods of pest and diseases of cocoa. Research was also conducted with a number of countries such as America, Australisa, Malaysia, the Philippines, Vietnam, and the United Kingdom. "In the meantime we recommend that farmers manage crop residues to be used as organic fertilizer. Because, to buy non-organic fertilizers must be expensive," said Ade.