The Minister for Finance, Mr. Cassiel Ato Forson, has disclosed that the President, His Excellency (H.E) John Dramani Mahama, has launched a Tertiary Training Scholarship Scheme for youngsters of cocoa farmers.
Because of this, the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) will, in the course of the 2025/26 cocoa season, develop the required tips and start implementing the Cocoa Tertiary Scholarship Scheme.
The programme is predicted to formally take off from the 2026/27 tutorial yr.
Mr. Ato Forson made this revelation on Monday in a Fb publish, noting that the initiative kinds a part of authorities’s efforts to assist farming households and promote entry to larger training.
Along with the scholarship scheme, the Finance Minister introduced the reintroduction of the free cocoa fertiliser programme as additional assist to Ghanaian cocoa farmers, starting the 2025/2026 crop yr.
In response to him, President Mahama’s administration will this yr provide farmers with free cocoa fertilisers, each liquid and granular, together with free pesticides, free spraying machines, free fungicides, and free flower inducers.
He mentioned authorities was due to this fact strongly advising cocoa farmers to use these inputs solely for the aim of bettering their cocoa yield and rising their revenue.
By: Jacob Aggrey
