Category: Cocoa
Fund shortage hampers plans to open Makira Cocoa factory
Cocoa pods ready for harvest. Photo credit: New Mail. Shortage of funds has delayed the process to establish a cocoa factory in Makira-Ulawa Province. Director ... Read More
Improve cocoa quality, farmers told.
Farmers that attended the demonstrations today. Around 40 cocoa farmers from around the country attended a cocoa grafting demonstration and training at Alligator Creek cocoa ... Read More
YOUNG FEMALE COCOA FARMER INTO EXPORTING
Cocoa pods ready for harvest. Photo credit: New Mail. A young female cocoa farmer from Guadalcanal Province has started exporting cocoa beans to New Zealand. ... Read More
COCOA FARMERS DISAPPOINTED WITH WET BEAN PRICES
Cocoa pods ready for harvest. Photo credit: New Mail. Cocoa farmers in and around North Malaita have expressed disappointment over the unattractive buying price for ... Read More
PRODUCING 20 METRIC TONES OF COCOA PER YEAR ACHIEVABLE
Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, Jimmy Saelea. Photo credit: SIBC. The local cocoa industry's target to produce 20 metric tonnes per ... Read More
SOLOMONS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING CHOCOLATE: HIELE
Dried cocoa beans processed at the new laboratory in Honiara. Photo credit: SIBC. Solomon Islands is capable of producing its own chocolate for export. Manager ... Read More