Ghana Cocoa Board is to supply 1,200 free cocoa seedlings to farmers in the Mampong District in Ashanti region to rehabilitate their cocoa farms.
Mr Samuel Buah, the District Cocoa Officer who disclosed this at Farmers Rally at Mampong last Wednesday said beneficiaries would be farmers whose 900 cocoa farms were destroyed by bush fire during last year’s drought, those who cut down their over-aged cocoa trees for replanting and those who cut down their cocoa trees affected by swollen shoot disease.
He said in addition to the seedlings, the farmers would be supplied with fertilisers and other chemicals as well as technical assistance to enable them to produce high quality and the needed cocoa beans.
Alhaji Mohammed Kwadwo Asubuasu, Mampong Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) assured the farmers that the government has put mechanism in place to ensure that fertilisers and other chemicals are supplied to the farmers without any discrimination. He advised Spraying Gang Supervisors to render good services to the farmers devoid of any partisan politics.
The farmers appealed to the COCOBOD to supply them with the necessary inputs especially fertilisers at the right time and in the right quantity.
The rally was attended by cocoa farmers, Spraying gang supervisors and member of the task force.
Source: modernghana
