The move will now allow the two countries to enact common laws and use workable strategies to
improve cocoa yields.
Not exact matches
He continued, «In partnership with Olam Ghana, the Rainforest Alliance will work not only with governments and companies, but also with forest communities and
cocoa farmers, giving them the tools they need to diversify their income and
improve their
yields — and therefore their livelihoods — while protecting forests and landscapes.»
Biolands uses a bottom - up model, working with smallholder farmers to ensure they are paid a fair price and to
improve cocoa quality and
yields.
The NESTLÉ
Cocoa Plan partners with
cocoa farmers to help educate them; this training helps reduce
cocoa diseases, boost crop
yield and
improve bean quality.
He mentioned the Free Seedlings Distribution programme which provides early bearing and high
yielding planting materials to farmers at no cost, the Free Fertilizer Distribution Programme which is helping to
improve upon soil fertility and increase
yield, the National
Cocoa Rehabilitation Programme which has facilitated the replanting of large hectares of over-aged, moribund and diseased farms as well as the Youth in
Cocoa Initiative which is curbing the ageing -
cocoa - farmers situation in Ghana.
Vice President Amissah - Arthur further stated that the NDC government would also continue to expand and distribute free
cocoa seeding, fertilizers and the spraying of
Cocoa farms to help
improve Cocoa yields.