New Farm Laws Will Destroy Livelihood Of Odisha Farmers
More than 90 per cent of farmers in Odisha belong to the small and marginal categories who will prefer their produces to be sold at their doorsteps. outlookindia.com 2021-03-17T08:01:28+05:30
Rabindra Senapati, a farmer from Puri district of Odisha has little more than three acres of land. He does not know about the three new farm laws in place, but his basics are clear. “If the new laws provide us with the option of selling our crops in a distant place at a better price, it bears no meaning for us. We are small farmers. We cannot take our small produce to distant cities to sell to a private player who may offer a better price than the minimum support price (MSP) that the government pays us. How shall we arrange vehicles to transport? Uncertainties are involved in such an arrangement. Once we park our paddy at their places, we are at their mercy. We do not know what type of bargain they would make with us. Shall
Ghanaian Cocoa Farmers advised to patronize Comprehensive Cocoa Management System (CCMS) 30th Dec 2020 | Source: GNA
Mr Vincent Awotwe-Pratt, Country Manager of (Cocoa and Forest Initiative of the World Cocoa Foundation, has called on farmers to patronise the Comprehensive Cocoa Management Systems (CCMS) initiated by COCOBOD.
The CCMS among other things is a data gathering system meant to generate and centralize data of actual number of cocoa farmers and the locations of their farms in Ghana.
It is aimed at digitalizing and improving transparency and enhancing effective cocoa traceability in the cocoa sector.
Mr Awotwe-Pratt was speaking at a high-level landscape forum organized by the Cocoa and Forest Initiative (CFI) Secretariat in partnership with the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources, IDH Sustainable Trade Initiative and the World Cocoa Foundation.
Cocoa farmers advised to patronize Comprehensive Cocoa Management System
Mr Vincent Awotwe-Pratt, Country Manager of Cocoa and Forest Initiative of the World Cocoa Foundation, has called on farmers to patronise the Comprehensive Cocoa Management Systems (CCMS) initiated by COCOBOD. The CCMS among other things is a data gathering system meant to generate and centralize data of an actual number of cocoa farmers and the locations of their farms in Ghana. It is aimed at digitalizing and improving transparency and enhancing effective cocoa traceability in the cocoa sector. Mr Awotwe-Pratt was speaking at a high-level landscape forum organized by the Cocoa and Forest Initiative (CFI) Secretariat in partnership with the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources, IDH Sustainable Trade Initiative and the World Cocoa Foundation.
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Ghanaian Cocoa Farmers advised to patronize Comprehensive Cocoa Management System ghanaweb.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from ghanaweb.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.