REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, MAMUJU -- Indonesia is set to become the world's largest cocoa producer in 2020 relegating the Ivory Coast currently the largest in the world.

The regional administration of West Sulawesi said it is ready to boost its cocoa production to contribute to bringing the prediction to reality.

The central government has set aside a large budget of Rp1.2 trillion for the province to boost its production and improve the quality of the commodity, West Sulawesi Governor Anwar Adnan Saleh said here on Tuesday (24/12).

Currently Indonesia is the world's third largest producer of cocoa beans after the Ivory Coast and Ghana in Africa.