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Rubber Cultivation Replacing Cocoa Farms In Eastern Region

30-Apr-2018
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Nana Opanbour Bonsu II, President, Concerned Farmers Association of Ghana has expressed dissatisfaction over the clearing of cocoa trees for the cultivation of rubber in cocoa communities in the Eastern Region.

He said the situation was worrying because some chiefs were compelling cocoa farmers to release their farms for the cultivation of rubber trees.

Nana Opanbour who was speaking at an Agric Dialogue Series by the Ghana Agriculture and Rural Development Journalist Association (GARDJA) in Accra, said about 15,000 acres were targeted to be cleared and that 375 acres of cocoa farms had already been destroyed.

He said the importance of the cocoa sector to the development of the country could not be over emphasized, because it remained the backbone of the Ghanaian economy and called for a stop to the practice.

"If we lose our cocoa there will be no life for Ghana as it is the backbone of the economy, not only providing food and jobs but also as commodity of export,” Nana Opanbour stated.

He called on stakeholders in the sector to come out with regulations that would protect cocoa trees from "such attacks".

Mr. Emmanuel Opoku, Executive Director of Cocoa Health and Extension Division (CHED), encouraged farmers to register their lands and also develop the right type of planting materials that would help in the sustainability of their farms.

He also urged farmer to be abreast with new technology to enhance their cocoa farming business in the face of climate change and assured that measures would be put in place to halt destruction of cocoa trees.


Source: GNA

 

 
 

 

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