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The Federal
Government through the National Cocoa Production Programme has released
5,000 improved Cocoa seedlings to Adamawa Government for distribution to
farmers.
Mr Ilyasu Mu'azu,
the state desk officer, National Cocoa Production Programme made this
known on Tuesday in Yola.
Mu'azu said that the development was part of the Federal Government economic diversification programme.
"After nursing the
5,000 improved seedlings for the next four months at the National Cocoa
Production Centre in Toungo Local Government Area.
"Government will then sell it out to the farmers at subsidised cost to support them to produce more," Mu'azu said.
According to him, government has also provided pesticides, fungicides and spray machines at subsidised rates to the farmers.
The Nigerian Export
Promotion Council had trained over 200 farmers on Cocoa beans
processing, packaging and transportation in 2015 following complaints by
farmers in the state.
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