The Ondo State
government is to carry out soil treatment on 500 hectares of land for
the planting of the Ghana high-yield cocoa at Oda Plantation in Akure.
The state
commissioner for agriculture, Julius Akinnigbagbe, told the News Agency
of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Akure that the government would also
train farmers on the production of the cocoa type. He said the
treatment would allow the government to establish the suitability of
the soil for the cocoa specie.
“We have already carried out some experimental plantation at Oda
farm but we still want to establish the suitability of our environment
and land for mass production of the cocoa here,” Mr. Akinnigbagbe said.
