Stock Photo - 28 May 2019, Brazil, Rio Bananal: An employee of the ""Clave de Oro"" estate shows cocoa beans in a fermentation process. Brazil is one of the ten largest cocoa producers in the world. The International Cocoa Organisation (ICCO) estimates that production will continue to grow in 2019. At the end of the 70s Brazil was the second largest producer. In the 90s, cocoa trees were attacked by the witches' broom and production fell by 60 percent. Now production in the South American country - which has also become an important cocoa consumer - has recovered strongly. In 2016/2017 Brazil produced 180 000 tonnes of cocoa. Photo: Diego Herculano/dpa. - Rio Bananal/Espirito Santo/Brazil