Thursday, September 19, 2013

GOVERNMENT MUST GO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL PROGRAMME OF THE HIGH-TECH AND MASS SPRAYING SAYS AN AGRIC EXPECT An agric expects, Dr.Akoto Owusu Afriyie is urging government to revisit the mass spraying programme and high-tech project for cocoa growing in the country. According to him this will help to reduce the current mass destruction of cocoa by the black pod disease. A recent finding has revealed that 25% of Ghana’s cocoa is at the risk of being wiped out by the dreaded disease if measures are not put in place to control it, but Dr. Akoto thinks the mass spaying exercise and the high tech project can save the situation. He is urging government to revisit the exercise Dr.Afriyie calling for a review of the existing policy on cocoa production in Ghana as he says it riddled with many loopholes.

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