Sentences with phrase «saying cocoa production»

Mr Kareweh also described Dr Opuni's leadership as «appalling» saying cocoa production under his watch consistently declined.

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Sources say the spread of swollen shoot and other diseases could become difficult to manage for the government and cocoa production may become less predictable as a result.

In response to rising demand in the chocolate industry and reduce dependency on imports, Indian cocoa producers have said they will increase domestic cocoa production by 60 per cent in the next four years.

Speaking to Radio Ghana on the state of rice production, Nana Ayeh said prospects are high, and if inputs are provided on time this year, the earnings from rice can be more than cocoa.

Dr. Oppong, said as part of President John Mahama's commitment to boost cocoa production, critical interventions, have been initiated by COCOBOD, one being the Youth in Cocoa Farming programme.

Vice President Kwesi Amissah - Arthur says the focus of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) government for the next four years is to increase cocoa production from the current 750 thousand metric tonnes to more than 1.5 million metric tonnes.

Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State on Thursday said the state would soon become the hub of cocoa production in Nigeria with the revival of the...

Lokpobiri said that the innovation was in line with the Federal Government's plans to revolutionise cocoa production, with the aim of restoring Nigeria's position as a leader in global cocoa production.

«The use of the machine by cocoa farmers will boost the efforts of farmers to increase production, while it will also boost government's efforts to revolutionise cocoa production,» he said.

He said government intended to increase cocoa production from 750,000 tons to one million tons this cocoa season.

Paschal Dere, the Lawra District Chief Executive, said the butternut squash had the potential of becoming the cocoa of the north if massive investment was made to increase production.

Mr Aidoo said the fortunes of cocoa processing factories would improve with the increase in cocoa production target of more than one million metric tonnes per year.

Dr Akoto said the smuggling of cocoa and its subsidised inputs into neighbouring countries as a direct consequence of the input distribution system and the product pricing policies of the government, as well as the refusal of the government to pay annual production bonuses to farmers, was the other factor inhibiting growth in the cocoa sub-sector.

He said cocoa farmers are encouraged to engage in climate smart cocoa production by plating improved seeds and increasing the number of forest trees per ha of cocoa at least 19 trees per ha.

Christian Mensah of the Rainforest Alliance says the cocoa industry should focus on helping the most vulnerable farmers replant, not the top performers to expand production.