Sentences with phrase «increase cocoa yields»

They will focus on agricultural practices that will increase cocoa yields, and cocoa farmer's income.

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There's a need to better organize and scale diversification in order to increase cocoa producer livelihood and landscape resiliency — especially in light of the increasing threat to current cocoa yields in the larger West African region.

One Ghanaian cocoa farmer, Owuse Prempeh, has been collaborating with Hershey's for the last five years, receiving training and support to increase her yields each year.

Independent studies show that Rainforest Alliance training leads to increased yields and income, as well as many other long - term benefits for farmers, families and communities that depend on cocoa.

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.

He said the government was supplying cocoa farmers with new seedlings for them to replace old cocoa trees as well as agro-chemical and fertilizers to increase the yield of the farmers.

The assault on cocoa Cacao farmers certainly feel the pressure to increase yields, but the crop is hard to grow.

Independent studies show that Rainforest Alliance training leads to increased yields and income, as well as many other long - term benefits for farmers, families and communities that depend on cocoa.