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Economic News from Sunday, June 16, 2019
Source: ghananewsagency.org
2019-06-16
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The country's cocoa farmers have been urged to adopt the best agricultural practices on their farms to improve the yields and welfare of farmers and their communities.
Best agricultural practices such as size, appropriate use of fertilizers and fungicides, provision of good grades for cocoa trees, as well as coating and badembly of cocoa plantations were essential to increase yields.
Mr. Michael Okoampah-Agyeman, New Abirem District Cocoa Manager, gave advice at a farmers' rally organized by COCOBOD's Cocoa Health and Extension Division (CHED) in Nkwateng, China. the district of New Abirem.
The gathering is a quarterly forum organized by the CHED to educate cocoa farmers on best practices and to enable them to discuss other issues affecting cocoa farmers and their communities with the aim of improving the culture and practices of cocoa farmers. cocoa yields.
Mr. Okoampah-Agyeman explained that the government, through COCOBOD, had put in place several interventions such as mbadive spraying, subsidized fertilizer for cocoa farmers and many other services. He stressed, however, that without their commitment to adopt best practices, everything would lead to nothing.
According to him, adhering to the lining and anchoring in the cocoa plantation has increased cocoa yields to 80%, while all other interventions, such as the proper application of fertilizer and fungicides covered 20% and encouraged cocoa farmers to pay attention.
He also urged cocoa farmers to grow economic crops such as plantain to provide nuances and nutrients to cacao while providing extra income for cocoa farmers.
The cocoa manager sensitized cocoa farmers to the need to form cooperatives to enable them to access resources and other forms of support to develop their agricultural activities.
Mr. Seth Yeboah, District Crops Officer at the Ministry of Food and Agriculture, said that certified corn and rice seeds were made available to farmers at no cost, in order to provide additional crops and incomes for all farmers.
Nana Amane Ankra II, chief of Nkwateng, urged farmers not to respond to rumors about agricultural inputs, but to attract the attention of agricultural extension agents to help them solve their problems.
He also called on COCOBOD's quality control department to conduct regular checks on cocoa scaling, with some buyers adjusting their descaling machines to deceive farmers.
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