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Sun Apr 04 2021
The recent shipment of 7,000 tons of cocoa to the United States of America by a private firm has excited farmers of the crop in the country.
For the past 14 years, this is the first time cocoa will be shipped for export through the Calabar Port.
Cocoa farmers described the shipment as memorable and historic.
The farmers, especially those in Cross River State, said the new development gave them hope, adding that the state, which is the second largest producer of cocoa in the country, will soon start contributing positively to the sector, and therefore, help in enhancing the fortunes of Nigeria’s economy through cocoa production.
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Apart from neglect of agricultural infrastructure by the government, non-availability of improved high-yielding cocoa seedlings, scarcity of other inputs such as agro-chemicals, old production technologies and climate change have been identified as impediments to increasing cocoa productivity in the country. Production of cocoa beans was around 300,000 metric tonnes in 2013/2014, but reduced to about 245,000 metric tonnes in the 2019/2020 session.
However, in the 2019/2020 cocoa season, the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) aggregated 742,725 tonnes as of June 4, according to International Cocoa Organisation (ICCO). And, Côte d’Ivoire, as of August 3, 2020, aggregated 2.043 million tonnes.
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