The Unit Director of the Cocoa Swollen Shoot Virus Diseases of the Ghana Cocoa Board, Reverend Abaka Awusi has announce plans to fight the virus. The Control Unit will embark on a nation-wide exercise to rid all cocoa farms of mistletoe, a parasitic plant that retards development and yield of cocoa trees.
Reverend Awusi announce this during a cocoa farmers assembly at Nkrankwanta in the Dormaa Municipality of Brong Ahafo. He said the farmer's access to government’s subsidize fertilizer this year will be partially reliant on their level of co-operation in the mistletoe deletion exercise. Reverend Awusi said farmers must participate fully in the work out when those billed to remove the parasite get to their farms.
The Chairman of the Unit’s Management Committee noted that swollen shoot virus like the HIV has no cure and the only medicine is to cut down the affected cocoa tree. He advised farmers to refrain from picking usual cocoa pods for the purposes of nursing but consult the cocoa extension officers and the seed manufacture unit for advice and supply.
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Reverend Awusi announce this during a cocoa farmers assembly at Nkrankwanta in the Dormaa Municipality of Brong Ahafo. He said the farmer's access to government’s subsidize fertilizer this year will be partially reliant on their level of co-operation in the mistletoe deletion exercise. Reverend Awusi said farmers must participate fully in the work out when those billed to remove the parasite get to their farms.
The Chairman of the Unit’s Management Committee noted that swollen shoot virus like the HIV has no cure and the only medicine is to cut down the affected cocoa tree. He advised farmers to refrain from picking usual cocoa pods for the purposes of nursing but consult the cocoa extension officers and the seed manufacture unit for advice and supply.
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