Cocoa nursery manual

Cocoa Board of Papua New Guinea – Promoting the world's. Cocoa, Theobroma cacao, is an evergreen tree in the family Malvaceae, grown for its seeds (beans) which are used primarily in the manufacture of chocolate. The cocoa plant is a branching tree with with simple, pointed (lanceolate) leaves which can measure up to 61 cm (24 in) long and 10 cm (4 in) wide. The tree produces clusters of pale yellow. cocoa farm, including pest and disease control and harvest and post-harvest handling, farmers can however ensure the production of good quality cocoa. 1. STCP/IITA Farmer Field School Manual, Ibadan, Nigeria The introduction of recommended practices through farmer participatory approach has been found.

This manual is to help users detect the presence of Phytophthora ramorum in interstate shipping nurseries. The manual describes methods for sampling plants, surface water, drainage water, water for irrigation, container mix, and any other articles designated by an inspector as possible sources of P. ramorum inoculum at the nursery. Join us in our journey as we help put Philippines on the chocolate map of the world. Single-origin Davao, Philippines. Award-winning. Proudly Filipino. Rex with his mother Charita at the Puentespina Farm in Davao City, Philippines. The farm is located in Malagos in the foothills of Mt. Talomo, Barangay Baguio District. Farmers' knowledge in cocoa nursery establishment upgraded PARTICIPANTS Farmers PREPARATIONS REQUIRED · Facilitator should be acquainted with information on nursery practices in the cocoa manual. · Well prepared nursery site with palm frond or netting shade with seedlings in polythene bag and seed bed. · Pre-established questions MATERIALS.

At CMT’s 2nd Cocoa Revolution on March, in Ho Chi Minh City, Mars Chocolates will present a paper on their ‘Journey in cocoa development in Vietnam’. Plus, a SITE VISIT to Puratos Grand Place’s Cocoa Nursery and Cocoa Plantation, Ben Tre Cocoa Fermentation Drying Plant is also arranged on March 9. to available materials, resources and budgets. This current manual draws heavily from the Cocoa Nursery Manual of SUCCESS Alliance Vietnam, September , but with modifications for the conditions and practices as used in the Philippines. It will be used to guide cocoa plant production under the CoCoPAL Program funded by the USDA. It is intended to update it regularly, as new data and practices are uncovered. Acknowledgements. Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana Cocoa Manual version 1, G enerally, there are two crop seasons of cocoa within. a year, the main crop in October-March and the. mid-crop in May-August.