Audio By Carbonatix
Cocoa farmers in the country have been urged to embrace the mass cocoa spraying exercise introduced by government.
In an exclusive interview shortly after a farmers’ meeting at Nsawam in the Eastern Region, Nana Kumi Abiesi, Nsawam-Adoagyiri Municipal Chief Farmer, that embracing the mass cocoa spraying exercise, would help farmers to increase the crop yield.
He explained that the exercise was part of a high-tech cocoa production method and said the introduction of the high-tech programme was a testimony of government’s determination to help improve the cocoa industry.
According to him, when farmers embrace the programme, would help increase the national cocoa output from the present tonnage, in order to reduce poverty among the farmers.
He said COCOBOD was increasing the spraying machines in the various cocoa growing areas to enable the spraying gangs to reach every farm, with a view to combating the capsid virus.
Latest Stories
-
Cocoa farmers urge review of Bill before presidential assent
9 minutes -
Ashanti Regional Minister cautions students against indiscipline and teachers’ attacks
11 minutes -
IMF urges Ghana to sustain quarterly electricity tariff adjustments
16 minutes -
Christians urged to balance faith with healthcare
22 minutes -
Informal peace structures critical to conflict prevention – Peace Council
27 minutes -
Corporate Ghana, international community donate to government June 29 flood victims
33 minutes -
Tourism Minister outlines government’s strategic decision to revamp Du Bois Centre
38 minutes -
Security agencies urged to act against religious hate speech
44 minutes -
Ghana’s Ambassador to Saudi Arabia mourns Deputy Ambassador Sanni Jajah
49 minutes -
GMA facilitates repatriation of 12 stranded seafarers
54 minutes -
Peace Council sensitises Binaba residents on online violent extremist narratives
59 minutes -
IMCC seeks stronger decentralisation for local development
1 hour -
Veep urges stakeholders to support decentralisation policy implementation
1 hour -
Bolgatanga Municipal Assembly invests DACF in schools, CHPS compounds
1 hour -
Cocoa Bill: COCOBOD says new reforms will protect farmers from sector’s old gaps
2 hours