Malaysian Cocoa Board (MCB) has been recognized as one of the centres for cocoa germplasm in the world with more than 1,000 collection of cocoa genetic materials. The ex-situ germplasm collection includes local selection from preceding research agencies such as Department of Agriculture (DOA) of Quoin Hill, Balung River Plantation, Borneo Abaca Limited, MARDI and others, while the international cocoa clones are from Indonesia, Philippines, Costa Rica, Ecuador and others. MCB provides technical and advisory services to cocoa growers and upstream industries.