The inherent problems associated with inorganic fertilizer such as scarcity and high cost informed
the invention of cocoa pod husk based organic fertilizer. The impact of the fertilizer on cocoa output is hereby
investigated in this study. The study was conducted in Cross-River State, Nigeria and purposive random
sampling technique was used to select fifty cocoa farmers including the user and non-user of cocoa pod husk
fertilizer. Structured questionnaire was used to collect information from the respondents and the data retrieved
from the information was analyzed with budgetary analysis and percentages. The study revealed that the
percentage of cost of materials to total cost of production per hectare by the user and non-user of cocoa pod
husk fertilizer was 20.99% and 23.12% respectively while the percentage of operational costs to total cost was
71.79% and 60.92% for the user and non-user of cocoa pod husk fertilizer respectively. A revenue of N178,980
and N91,200 per hectare was realized by the user and non-user of cocoa pod husk fertilizer, respectively, while
the net revenue per hectare by the user and non-user of cocoa pod husk fertilizer was N145,874 and N52,840
respectively. The economic efficiency indices show that the user of cocoa pod husk fertilizer has an index of
4.41 while the non-user has an index of 1.38. The study therefore recommended that cocoa pod husk fertilizer
technology should be widely introduced among cocoa farmers and that the farmers should be encouraged to
adopt it.