Cocoa output seen shrinking 15% on black pod disease
Nigeria’s 2021/2022 cocoa main crop output is seen shrinking by 15 percent as fungi black pod disease attacked farms, the industry association has said.
This is following the flooding…
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Group advocates investments to boost cocoa farming in Niger Delta
The Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND) says it has put a mechanism in place towards ensuring states in the Niger Delta region are better positioned in the…
Cocoa investors cheery as record gains in 2018 extend 30% earnings
Cocoa rounded off 2018 as a resilient and top performing major commodity on the global scene, gaining about 28 percent in the first month of the 2018/2019 season and investors in local cocoa…
Osun govt. to provide farmers with 200,000 cocoa seedlings
The Osun Government has pledged to provide cocoa farmers in the state with 200,000 cocoa seedlings this year.
Bukola Aluko, the Coordinating Director, Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security…
Stakeholders advocate improved cocoa farming for economic growth
The Golden Cocoa Growers’ Association of Nigeria at the weekend in Ilorin urged government at all levels to revive cocoa production in the country to salvage the prevailing economic crisis.…