The Prince of Wales cocoa forest initiative seeks to address deforestation and forest degradation caused by
cocoa production under which Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire which together produce over 60 percent of the world's cocoa have prepared a Joint Framework of Action to address deforestation and forest degradation.
Mr Kareweh also described Dr Opuni's leadership as «appalling» saying
cocoa production under his watch consistently declined.
Not exact matches
Other problems loom globally: The Ivory Coast, center of world
cocoa production, is
under strain from drought — putting the world's chocolate industry at risk.
Speaking
under the theme, «Youth in
Cocoa, Sustainable
Cocoa Production» Dr. Oppong, explained that as part of the initiative, «Young
cocoa farmers are being supplied with free high - yielding, early bearing hybrid
cocoa seedlings, fertilizers and other farming inputs across the
cocoa growing regions».
It is the NPP,
under President Kufuor, that raised
cocoa production to levels never witnessed in Ghana's history.»