Why Nigeria is losing cocoa wealth
“Also, most of the farmers still rely on old cocoa plants of over 40 years which are characterized with decline in genetic performance. This results in low productivity of the farms and leading to low income per unit area of the farm land. Many of the old cocoa plants have been destroyed by fire and strategies have not been in put place every year by the farmers,” he said.
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