Cocoa farmers in Nigeria under the aegis of Cocoa Farmers Association of Nigeria (CFAN), have pledge to increase the country’s cocoa production in conjunction with other value chain stakeholders from the present about 340,000 metric tonnes to 500,000 metric tonnes by 2024.
According to CFAN President, Adegoke Adeola, the new project, is to make Nigeria the highest cocoa producer in West Africa by the year 2027.
He stated this while speaking at the flag off of the free distribution of the Cocoa GAP handbook to smallholder cocoa farmers in Akure, the Ondo State capital.
This ambition, according to him is anchored on improved cocoa variety, national cocoa farm irrigation, the improvements of the livelihood of the smallholder cocoa farmers via the collection of $400 Living Income Differential(LID) and the overall improvements of the cocoa sector from research, Inputs, production , value addition , processing to export.
He noted that Ondo state CFAN has been the life wire of CFAN at the national level due to many years of its strong leadership presence established via its constant mass mobilisation of cocoa farmers and other activities carried out at various farm gate level in the State with the support of Harvestfield Industries Limited and other CFAN partners.
He acknowledged the giant stride recorded in the cocoa sector by the various past governments of Ondo State, especially the feet recently recorded by the Governor of the state, Rotimi Akeredolu, for making Ondo State to remain the highest cocoa producing State in Nigeria.
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