Afirka ta yamma tana daya daga cikin kasashen da suke noman koko (Cocoa) inda Najeriya ta kasance kasa ta 4 a duniya wajen noman koko, wanda ke nufin a zahiri suna bayan kasashe 3 da suka fara noman koko wato Ivory Coast, Indonesia, Ghana, kuma ta fuskar fitar da kayayyaki zuwa kasashen waje, Najeriya ce ke kan gaba kasa ta 3 mafi yawan masu fitar da kayayyaki a Afirka, bayan Ivory Coast da Ghana.

Koko ita ce kan gaba wajen fitar da noma a kasar nan tare da jahohin da aka lissafa a kasa a matsayin Jihohin da ke noman koko a Najeriya, wato; Edo, Oyo, Osun, Ondo, Ogun, Cross River, Akwa Ibom, Ekiti, da Delta.

Theobroma cacao shine sunan Botanical na koko, iri na itacen cacao; wannan iri yana dauke da kitse mai yawa wanda ake amfani da shi wajen samar da man koko sannan ana amfani da man koko wajen samar da cakulan.

An fara noman koko a Najeriya a shekarun 1870, inda aka fara noman noma na farko a Bonny (jihar Rivers) da Calabar (jihar Cross River), bayan wasu shekaru aka kafa gonakin noman koko a yankunan Agege da Ota (Jihar Legas). .

Gabatar da noman koko a Legas tare da karin wuraren da suka dace da noman koko ya haifar da yaduwar yawancin gonakin koko a kasar Yarbawa a yankunan Ibadan da Egba (jihar Oyo), Ilesha, Ife da Gbongan (Osun). Jiha), Okeigbo da Garin Ondo (jihar Ondo) da jihar Ekiti.

Da farko, a shekarun 1940, an dasa nau’ikan koko biyu a cikin Najeriya, amma kwanan nan akwai nau’o’in koko iri-iri da ake nomawa a Najeriya.

Koko yana girma sosai a yankunan da ke da zafin jiki kamar Najeriya da wasu ƙasashe masu zafi na Afirka, kuma inda ake rarraba ruwan sama don ba da damar irir girma da kyau. Ana shuka koko daga tsiro, ana girma a cikin gandun daji sannan a dasa shi. Za a iya yin noman koko ko dai a ƙaramin sikeli ko kuma babban noma.

Koko yana da fa’idodin kiwon lafiya da yawa; yayin da ake amfani da irin waken koko wajen samar da man koko, man kokon kuwa, sai ya koma cakulan da ake daukarsa a matsayin abin shan koko idan an kasa.