cocoa production
28 Oct
Over 3,500 Cocoa farmers, cutting across 28 communities in Osun State, have been awarded over N150m sustainability differential payment in recognition of their dedication to sustainable cocoa production. Each of the farmers got N45, 000.
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Nigeria has the potential to surpass Cote d’Ivoire and Ghana’s cocoa production considering the downward slide in output from these two big producers as a result of pests and diseases, climate change, smuggling, miners’ activities, land degradation, and unfavourable cocoa economy governance. The National President, Cocoa Farmers Association of Nigeria (CFAN), Comrade Adeola Adegoke, who…
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