COCOA INDUSTRY HAS MORE ECONOMIC POTENTIAL: WILLIAM MARAU

Hon. William Bradford Marau, Minister for Commerce, Industry, Labour and Immigration and MP for Ulawa Ugi. Photo credit: GCU.

Solomon Islands cocoa industry needs to collaborate to exploit the full economic potential of cocoa as a commodity with benefits for people.

Minister for Commerce William Marau made the statement last week, during the official opening of the new National Cocoa Quality Testing Lab at the CEMA building.

Minister Marau also said the Government is focusing on the productive and economic sector to achieve the long-term and social stability of Solomon Islands.

“I want to make this along this line that my government has moved to focus the attention of the productive and economic sector, which we believe the only pathway towards attaining the long terms and social stability of Solomon Islands.”