Cocoa Nursery To Grow In Central | Land Portal

The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock is looking at encouraging famers in the Central Province to grow cocoa in the province and boost the local economy. 

With the increased demand for cocoa beans, Minister for Agriculture and Livestock, John Simon recently announced a proposed plan to establish a big nursery at Kuriva in Central province to allow local famers to get cocoa seedlings and plant cocoa on their land. 

“There is a big potential here at Central Province which is already growing good cocoa beans here at Kuriva.

“With this potential, I am making a commitment that PNG Cocoa Board will right away establish a very big nursery to the capacity of at least one million seedlings which will enable our famers to source cocoa seedlings for free and grow on their land,” Mr Simon said when visiting the site at Kuriva last Friday.

The Minister was escorted by Secretary for Agriculture and Livestock, Daniel Kombuk and the CEO for the PNG Cocoa Board, Boto Gaupu.

Minister Simon was impressed with what he saw with cocoa trees already bearing fruits and had been sold to local markets by local company, Frontier Agri in partnership with the PNG Cocoa Board.

“I decided to visit Kuriva because I heard that cocoa was growing there and I was wondering whether the land was conducive for cocoa to grow in terms of the soil and climate, but I am impressed with what I see,” Minister Simon said.

The government has called for increased production in the agriculture sector and therefore as Minister responsible, he said he would ensure this happens.

“We need to make sure we build capacity and involve our people to work the land and see the fruits of their hard work.

“We will focus on the rural areas to empower and boost our rural populace.

“We have been investing a lot in towns and cities and it’s high time we go into rural communities and help empower our local famers to review agriculture which was once the backbone of our nation,” Mr Simon said.

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