The programme also seeks to develop and implement a cocoa sector public institution, regulatory and policy frameworks in Liberia. Monrovia- More than 1,500 smallholder farmers in southeast Liberia are to benefit from improved cocoa seedlings as part of efforts to boost the efficient production of the commodity and improve farmers’ livelihoods. Under the Cocoa Value Chain Development Programme (COVADEP), Solidaridad in collaboration with private cocoa growers, will be supplying 600,000 hybrid cocoa seedlings to farmers at different locations in Grand Gedeh and River Gee counties at a small fee. New cocoa farmers are supported to diversify their farms by also planting food crops such as cassava, plantain, banana and vegetables as they prepare their lands for cocoa cultivation. “I cannot wait to receive my share of the cocoa seedlings for planting.
