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Partial view of hybrid cocoa seedlings More than 1,500 smallholder farmers in southeast Liberia are to benefit from improved cocoa seedlings, says Solidaridad Liberia. The distribution, according to the organization, is part of efforts to boost the efficient production of the commodity and improve farmers’ livelihoods. Each farmer will receive a minimum of 400 seedlings.   “Under the Cocoa Value Chain Development Programme (COVADEP), Solidaridad in collaboration with private cocoa growers will supply 600,000 hybrid cocoa seedlings to farmers in Grand Gedeh and River Gee counties at a sma...

• Association calls for coordinating body • Expert advises cocoa states to mobilise youths, forests for production Apart from neglect of agricultural infrastructure by the government, non-availability of improved high-yielding cocoa seedlings, scarcity of other inputs such as agro-chemicals, old production technologies and climate change have been identified as impediments to increasing cocoa productivity in the country. Production of cocoa beans was around 300,000 metric tonnes in 2013/2014, but reduced to about 245,000 metric tonnes in the 2019/2020 session. However, in the 2019/2020 co...

‘Enhance income through cashew cultivation’ Updated: Updated: Share Article AAA A skill development training was organised by Tamil Nadu Rice Research Institute (TRRI), Aduthurai, recently in order to draw the attention of farmers to advantages of cashew cultivation. Around 50 farmers from Thanjavur, Tircuhi, Ariyalur, Perambalur, Cuddalore and Pudukkottai districts participated in the training on ‘Recent production and protection techniques in cashew’. Inaugurating the three-day programme organised by the institute in coordination with the Directorate of Cashewnut and Cocoa Developme...