COCOBOD Sensitizes Cocoa Farmers On Pruning, Rehabilitation And To Plant More Trees To Combat Climate Change

Ghana COCOBOD has sensitized cocoa farmers across the Western North Region on climate change, cocoa rehabilitation and pruning exercise to get more yield production for export to earn foreign exchange to boost economic growth in the country.

It is this directive that, COCOBOD has urged all farmers across the country to make sure to prioritize their public education on mass spraying, pruning, pollination, rehabilitation and plant more trees to combat climate change effect on cocoa production.

Addressing cocoa farmers in Sefwi Bekwai, in the Bibiani Anhwiaso Bekwai Municipality of the Western North Region with Peace News, Mr. Frank Amamoo Antwi, the Sefwi Bekwai District Cocoa Health And Extension Division (CHED) manager, explained that the weather conditions in the country has really changed and it is gradually affecting coco farming activities, so there was the need to sensitize the farmers on tree planting to absorb carbon dioxide to produce enough fruits and to release oxygen to the atmosphere to influence the rainfall pattern to help boost agricultural production.

He, said, it is mandatory for every cocoa farmer to plant and get desirable tress to help their cocoa farmers and remove the undesirable ones and replace them with desirable tress to survive the cocoa trees.

Mr. Frank Amamoo Antwi also touched on the pruning exercise which will take off the month of February and expressed that last year, COCOBOD commended the farmers in Sefwi Bekwai District Cocoa Health And Extension Division (CHED) for their tremendous work done on pruning exercise and are poised to maintain their lead, and it is about all and soundly approach since they have about fifteen thousand hectares of productive cocoa farms, which sums 10,000 farmers in the district.

Finally, he appealed to the cocoa farmers to maintain their rehabilitation farms since others have gotten positive impact on watering the farms during dry season.

Story by Mensah Abrampah