Liberian Cocoa Farmers to Benefit from Improved Seedlings
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...
Source: liberianobserver.com