{"id":188316,"date":"2016-02-09T11:17:48","date_gmt":"2016-02-09T11:17:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=188316"},"modified":"2016-02-09T11:17:48","modified_gmt":"2016-02-09T11:17:48","slug":"severe-harmattan-cuts-cocoa-output","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/02\/severe-harmattan-cuts-cocoa-output\/","title":{"rendered":"Severe harmattan cuts cocoa output"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The General Agriculture Workers Union (GAWU) has revealed that the 2015\/16 cocoa season may yet face another decrease in production due to the prolonged harmattan season which kills cocoa flowers before they grow into pods.<\/p>\n<p>In the 2014\/15 season, a similar weather condition, as well as diseases, caused cocoa output to decline by 23 percent, dropping from 900,000 metric tones to 700000 metric tones.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Citi Business News, the Secretary General of GAWU, Mr. Edward Kareweh stated that this year\u2019s harmattan season is unprecedented and may affect cocoa production adversely.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis year\u2019s harmattan season will seriously affect all those crops that are growing around this time. If you look at a crop like cocoa; they need a lot of rain, moisture and humidity at a certain level all the time\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Kareweh revealed that output of some plantation crops such as palm oil, banana, and mango, may also see a decrease by the second quarter of this year due to the severity in the harmattan season.<\/p>\n<p>He pointed out that cocoa could be the hardest hit since it requires a lot of moisture in its pod development stage. \u201cCocoa output will be constraint\u201d, he said adding that it will adversely affect cocoa farmers in the harvest period.<\/p>\n<p>In the 2015 national budget, Finance Minister, Mr. Seth Terkper announced that the crops sub-sector which includes cocoa, was the largest contributor in the Agriculture sector , contributing 74 percent .<br \/>\n\u2013<br \/>\nBy: Lawrence Segbefia\/citifmonline.com.com\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The General Agriculture Workers Union (GAWU) has revealed that the 2015\/16 cocoa season may yet face another decrease in production due to the prolonged harmattan season which kills cocoa flowers before they grow into pods. 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