Different stages of growth of the Cocoa plant

Cocoa (food of the gods) is a foreign exchange earner of many economies in the world including Ghana. The slide show above displays several growth stages of Cocoa seedlings and matured trees of the Cocoa plant.

COCOA, AN IMPORTANT CASH CROP

Cocoa supports the socio-economic development of many developing countries.The video episode above is on the importance of pruning of cocoa trees. Pruning has several advantages such as allowing penetration of sunlight for pods production, reducing the spread of Blackpod disease and insect pests etc.