[ 2014-07-20 ]

Government determined to improve cocoa industry
Agona Duakwa, July 20, GNA – The introduction of
the Hi-Tech programme is a testimony of
government’s determination to help improve the
cocoa industry.

Mr.Randy Nkrumah, District Manager of Duakwa Depot
of the Cocoa Merchant, a licensed cocoa-buying
company in the country, made the statement at a
meeting of cocoa farmers of the company in the
Agona Area at the week-end.

He stated that the introduction of the Hi-Tech
programme has helped to reduce poverty among
farmers.

He was emphatic that the mass cocoa spraying
exercise introduced years back, was part of the
Hi-Tech cocoa production method.

The District Manager stressed that the mass
spraying, when embraced by cocoa farmers in the
country, would definitely help increase their
yield.

Source - GNA

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