Cocoa Farmers Target Production To Surpass Ivory Coast,

Cocoa Farmers Association of Nigeria (CFAN) said it is targeting to surpass the production capacity of Ivory Coast and Ghana in the next five years through a sustainable cocoa production The farmers said this move would grow the nation’s foreign exchange earnings and Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Comrade Adeola Adegoke, National President of CFAN, disclosed this on Tuesday at the opening of the Association’s National office in Abuja. He noted that there would be a launching of Good Agricultural Practices (GAP), a training book for the smallholder cocoa farmers among others which form part of the activities to drive the cocoa industry. Adegoke said the aim is to push the country’s cocoa production from the current 250,000 metric tons to 500,000 metric tons in the next two years with the best and finest cocoa premium quality in the world. Adipolo Adipolo He words: “Our focus as a nation is to surpass the production and production capacity of both Ivory Coast and Ghana in the next five years through a sustainable cocoa production where we will have a more realistic largest cocoa pyramid in the world in Nigeria to grow our foreign exchange earnings and GDP respectively. “We raised an alarm on the low quality of our cocoa beans and the need for our nation to brace up to change this narrative in order to prevent our cocoa from being rejected now and in the future or being sanctioned which could lead to the blockage of other opportunities that could improve the livelihood of our cocoa farmers in Nigeria. “Against the above backdrop, hence the need for our association with other stakeholders to take a position among others to launch this GAP book in collaboration with Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria (CRIN), the Ecosystem-Based Adaptation for Food Security Assembly Nigeria (EBAFOSA) for achieving transparency and the sustainability of our cocoa supply chain taking to cognizance the protection of our environment and our biodiversity sustainably. https://tribuneonlineng.com/cocoa-farmers-targ et-production-to-surpass-ivory-coast-ghana-in-five -years/

Posted on: 2022-01-30

Cocoa Farmers Target To Surpass Ivory Coast, Ghana..

Cocoa Farmers Association of Nigeria (CFAN), said it would surpass the production capacity of both Ivory Coast and Ghana in the next five years. This will be done through a sustainable cocoa production to grow the nation’s foreign exchange earnings and Gross Domestic Product (GDP) respectively, CFAN said. National President of CFAN, Comrade Adeola Adegoke, stated this on Tuesday at the launch of the Association’s office in Abuja. read more: https://thenationonlineng.net/cocoa-farmers-target -to-surpass-ivory-coast-ghana-in-production/

Posted on: 2022-01-30