Cocoa farmers urge government to boost research support for climate-smart agriculture in Nigeria

Published 2024년 11월 22일

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Cocoa farmers in Nigeria have called on the federal and state governments to increase support for research institutes to promote the adoption of climate-smart agricultural practices. The call was made during the 3rd National Cocoa festival organised by the Cocoa Farmers Association of Nigeria and the Cocoa Roundtable Initiative. The festival aimed to discuss achieving EUDR compliance and sustainability in the cocoa value chain. The farmers also highlighted the need for policy on agroforestry practices, an enabling environment for private sector and youth participation, and infrastructure development in rural areas. They also emphasized the need for collaboration with leading cocoa countries, policy interventions to stabilize the naira, and platforms for youth to learn the cocoa value chain.

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Cocoa farmers has called on the federal and state government to improve support to research institutes to increase adoption of climate smart Agricultural practices by farmers. The farmers made the call in a communique issued at the end of its 3rd National Cocoa festival organised by the Cocoa Farmers Association of Nigeria (CFAN) and Cocoa Roundtable Initiative (CORI). The meeting was organised to deliberate on achieving EUDR compliance and cocoa value chain sustainability through youth entrepreneurship. The cocoa festival was attended by government agencies, research institutes, farmers in cocoa producing states, processors among others. The objective of the festival according to the organisers is to provide a comprehensive overview of the European Union Deforestation Regulations (EUDR) and its implications on Nigeria’s cocoa industry, to develop strategies for mapping of land under cocoa cultivation to establish traceability, monitoring deforestation and encourage sustainable ...

Source: Independent