By SAMPSON BONAI
GARAINA will experience an economic boom when cocoa production reaches its peak in the next few years, says PNG Cocoa Board chief executive officer Boto Gaupu.
"PNG Cocoa Board has built a number of cocoa nurseries in Garaina station, Gaure and Garasa with 70,000 hybrid cocoa plants for distribution to the local people to grow on their land," he said.
"The people of Garaina should become economically-independent when they start harvesting cocoa beans from their plots and transport it to the markets in Lae.
"A number of cocoa fermentries will be built in the villages for the growers to dry their beans.
"Cocoa Board will charter aircrafts under the air freight subsidy to airlift the cocoa beans to Lae.
"Waria Valley will soon become the leading cocoa-growing LLG in Bulolo.
"We want to put money into the pockets of the people in the rural areas to help them improve their lifestyles in the future."
Gaupu said several nurseries had been built at Wandumi village in Wau and at Upper and Middle Watut areas respectively.
He said board extension officers were monitoring all the nurseries in Bulolo district to ensure the hybrid cocoa adopted well to the climate before they were distributed to the people for planting.
Gaupu said that the launching of the cocoa project in Waria Valley would be held ne in Sept 2019 in Garaina
He said the event would be attended by Agriculture Minister Benny Allen and other senior ministers and departmental heads .
GARAINA will experience an economic boom when cocoa production reaches its peak in the next few years, says PNG Cocoa Board chief executive officer Boto Gaupu.
"PNG Cocoa Board has built a number of cocoa nurseries in Garaina station, Gaure and Garasa with 70,000 hybrid cocoa plants for distribution to the local people to grow on their land," he said.
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| COCOA COCOA EVERYWHERE IN GARAINA: 20, 000 cocoa trees at the nursery at Garaina Station waiting to be distributed to cocoa growers in Garaina. Other nurseries are located at Gaure and Garasa area.Cocoa Board CEO Boto Gaupu, who is from Garaina, wants It to become the biggest producer of cocoa in Morobe.~Sampson Bonai |
"The people of Garaina should become economically-independent when they start harvesting cocoa beans from their plots and transport it to the markets in Lae.
"A number of cocoa fermentries will be built in the villages for the growers to dry their beans.
"Cocoa Board will charter aircrafts under the air freight subsidy to airlift the cocoa beans to Lae.
"Waria Valley will soon become the leading cocoa-growing LLG in Bulolo.
"We want to put money into the pockets of the people in the rural areas to help them improve their lifestyles in the future."
Gaupu said several nurseries had been built at Wandumi village in Wau and at Upper and Middle Watut areas respectively.
He said board extension officers were monitoring all the nurseries in Bulolo district to ensure the hybrid cocoa adopted well to the climate before they were distributed to the people for planting.
Gaupu said that the launching of the cocoa project in Waria Valley would be held ne in Sept 2019 in Garaina
He said the event would be attended by Agriculture Minister Benny Allen and other senior ministers and departmental heads .
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