Monrovia - The partnership between Wienco Agriculture and local cocoa farmers in Liberia moved to another level when the company donated four pick-up trucks to thousands of cocoa farmers in Bong, Lofa and Nimba Counties to ease the constraints farmers face in transporting their products from farm to market. In addition, Wienco gave four moisture meters to the farmers to measure the moisture content of their cocoa bean to enable the farmers sell their cocoa at an improved quality. He called on the farmers to use the meters to measure moisture content of their bean to sell at improved quality. She disclosed that her entity is currently providing numerous supports to the cocoa farmers including the construction of warehouses in Nimba, provision of solar dryers and collaboration with LPMC to keep farmers informed with the prices of cocoa. Wienco Agriculture is Dutch Company based in Ghana that is involved in partnering with cocoa farmers to supply them with fertilizers, chemical and other supplies in the form of credit; which farmers in turn paid with their products.

Source: Front Page Africa November 03, 2017 01:41 UTC