The Coconut Federation of Ghana (COCOFEG), the country’s largest umbrella organisation in the coconut industry, has donated 81,000 seedlings to the Techiman Municipal Directorate of Agriculture for distribution to smallholder farmers in the area.
Mr Stephen Aidoo, the Techiman Municipal Director of Agriculture who disclosed this, said the seedlings (hybrid) would scale-up agribusiness, boost the coconut sector and improve the socio-economic livelihoods of the farmers.
He explained that the directorate had already distributed 61,000 seedlings to small-holder farmers and hoped to share the additional 20,000 by the end of October 2025.
In an interview with the Ghana News Agency (GNA) at Techiman, Mr Aidoo said the coconut sector had huge economic potential, explaining that so far over 500 small-scale and commercial farmers had registered to benefit from the distribution.
He said the coconut seedlings had been planted on about 1,000 acres of land and explained that the distribution was aligned with the implementation of the government’s “Feed the Industry Programme.”
The programme aimed at improving household nutrition as well as building a strong foundation for agro-industrial growth, to ensure food security for the country.
Mr Aidoo said the directorate was expected to distribute three million hybrid coconut seedlings to farmers nationwide, under the programme explaining that “coconut is an economic crop that embodies resilience and versatility and has huge global prospects.
He said the coconut sector created job opportunities for millions of people with vibrant markets, saying the nation’s annual production exceeded 65 million metric tons, with small-holder farmers contributing about 95 perc ent.
Source: Access Agric
