Devote more resources for the development of cocoa – GARDJA to government

The President of Ghana Agricultural and Rural Development Journalists Association (GARDJA), Mr. Richmond Frimpong, has stated that the pivotal role cocoa had been playing in the Ghanaian economy cannot be over emphasized hence the need to devote more resources for the development of the industry.

Mr. Frimpong was speaking at a two-day workshop in Kumasi organized by GARDJA and partnered by UTZ, a non-profitable Organization based in the Netherlands. He said the training was aimed at equipping training journalists with immense knowledge on of Ghana’s cocoa sector and what is being done by various stakeholders to sustain it.

Mr. Frimpong observed that the current cocoa farmers were aged and if care was not taken the annual cocoa yield would reduce since the younger generation had not been empowered to take over. He, therefore, called on policymakers to design more programmes that would make cocoa farming attractive to the young generation.

The Chief Cocoa and Coffee Farmer of Bosomtwe in the Ashanti region, Nana Mathew Darkwa, appealed to the government to help promote the consumption of cocoa and coffee in Ghana.

He commended Nana Addo Dankwa Akuffo Addo’s government for taking bold steps in fighting illegal mining popularly known as “galamsey” which was destroying farmlands.

Source: otecfmghana.com/ Eric Asamaoh Protocol