Dutch service highlights an increase in coffee and cocoa production in Nicaragua

EFE.- The Dutch Development Cooperation Service (SNV) highlighted on Tuesday the increase in coffee and cocoa production by a group of Nicaraguan farmers in the last seven years, thanks to the implementation of good production practices. Nicaraguan coffee and cocoa yields increased by 55% and 96%, respectively, in that period, according to the SNV in a statement. Follow the information about the economy and the business world in Forbes Central America The group, made up of more than 6,000 farmers, saw coffee and cocoa yields grow by applying agroforestry systems, post-harvest infrastructure, wet mills, cleaner production in their plots , orchards, sustainable agriculture techniques and nurseries, explained the source. Additionally, coffee producers improved their sales by 21.76% and their income by 73%, while cocoa producers increased their sales by 98% and their income in 198%, assured the SNV. The increase occurred with the implementation of the project "Access to Sustainable ...