The National President of the Cocoa Farmers Association of Nigeria, Comrade Adeola Adegoke, believes that Nigeria can achieve its goal of doubling the premium cocoa beans produced by Ivory Coast and Ghana before 2026. Adegoke emphasizes the need for smallholder farmers to receive support from cocoa-producing State governments to irrigate cocoa farms throughout the year.
National President, Cocoa Farmers Association of Nigeria , CFAN, Comrade Adeola Adegoke, has said that Nigeria ’s vision of doubling whatever premium cocoa beans Ivory-coast and Ghana are jointly producing is achievable before 2026.
He said, “I think that if our smallholder cocoa farmers can partner and be supported by cocoa producing State governments to irrigate our cocoa farms all year round in all the cocoa-producing states, Nigeria’s vision of doubling whatever premium cocoa beans Ivory Coast and Ghana are jointly producing achievable before 2026.”
Meanwhile, members of the National Cocoa Management Committee, inaugurated by the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security have called for the establishment of the National Cocoa Board. The members at the meeting also discussed the need to mitigate the impending European Union Regulation Compliance on Deforestation, EUDR, threats to the Cocoa sector in Nigeria and how to guarantee a robust and transparent cocoa sector.
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