Which one of the following is NOT a major coco producer country?

1. A

   Latvia

   (a) Latvia. Latvia is a Baltic European state with a cool climate, not a tropical cocoa belt. It is not a major Theobroma cacao producer, so it is the official key for the country that is NOT a major cocoa producer.

2. B

   Cameroon

   (b) Cameroon. Cameroon is among West-Central Africa’s important cocoa growers.

3. C

   Ghana

   (c) Ghana. Ghana is a long-standing top-tier cocoa exporter.

4. D

   Ivory Coast

   (d) Ivory Coast. Côte d’Ivoire is the world’s largest cocoa producer.

Summary. Official key is (a) Latvia. World cocoa is concentrated in West Africa—Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Cameroon—plus parts of Latin America and Indonesia. Latvia has no such tropical plantation economy. The question asks for the non-producer, not for the largest producer. Cocoa is Theobroma cacao of family Malvaceae (formerly Sterculiaceae).