{"id":700316,"date":"2019-09-06T17:07:08","date_gmt":"2019-09-06T17:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/09\/06\/farmers-hail-govt-for-introducing-hand-pollination\/"},"modified":"2019-09-06T17:07:08","modified_gmt":"2019-09-06T17:07:08","slug":"farmers-hail-govt-for-introducing-hand-pollination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/09\/06\/farmers-hail-govt-for-introducing-hand-pollination\/","title":{"rendered":"Farmers Hail Gov\u2019t For Introducing Hand Pollination"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>COCOA FARMERS at Amenfi, a cocoa<br \/>\nfarming community in the Dormaa East District of the Bono Region, have commended<br \/>\nthe government for introducing hand pollination to boost cocoa production.<\/p>\n<p>According to them, it has increased<br \/>\nyields two folds and it is helping them to become financially sound.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with <strong><em>DAILY<br \/>\nGUIDE<\/em><\/strong>, George Amponsah Twumasi who owns cocoa farms expressed surprised<br \/>\nat the rate at which the exercise has increased yields in the area.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI used to harvest only five bags<br \/>\nof cocoa beans annually before the introduction of the hand pollination<br \/>\nprogramme by the Akufo-Addo government, but now I harvest close to 12 bags.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He appealed to government to<br \/>\nsustain the practice for farmers to benefit immensely, saying \u201cit is helping us<br \/>\nto create wealth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A Community Extension Agent (CEA)<br \/>\nin Dormaa East, Evans Agyekum said aside increasing yield the exercise has also<br \/>\ngiven jobs to unemployed youth in the area since most of the workers employed<br \/>\nby COCOBOD to do the hand pollination are families of cocoa farmers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe initiative is geared towards<br \/>\nalleviating poverty facing cocoa farmers in the country,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Agyekum revealed that his<br \/>\nchecks showed that Cocobod has employed about 20,000 youth in 2019 for the hand<br \/>\npollination exercise and said it was a laudable initiative.<\/p>\n<p>The Dormaa District alone he said, can<br \/>\nboast of 500 youth engaged in the exercise in farming communities like Amenfi,<br \/>\nKofi Boakrom, Isakah, Kokronsua among others.<\/p>\n<p>One of the pollinators called<br \/>\nDacosta expresses gratitude to government for employing him to partake in this<br \/>\nyear\u2019s exercise saying \u201cI was not working but when I heard<br \/>\nabout COCOBOD employing the youth to train them for the exercise, I took the<br \/>\nopportunity and I was quickly employed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>fiifiyorkeprince@gmail.com<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>FROM Prince Fiifi Yorke, Dormaa<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>COCOA FARMERS at Amenfi, a cocoa farming community in the Dormaa East District of the Bono Region, have commended the government for introducing hand pollination to boost cocoa production. 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