FREE SEEDLINGS DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM
Board (COCOBOD) through the Seed Production Division (SPD) raises disease-tolerant hybrid cocoa seedlings for distribution to farmers free of charge. The initiative is aimed at increasing cocoa production and incomes of cocoa farmers.
Distribution of the seedlings to farmers is mostly done from May – July every year to enable farmers plant them.
MODE OF DISTRIBUTION
1. The seedlings are raised by the Seed Production Division (SPD) at over 380 nursery sites established in communities across the cocoa regions.
2. The Cocoa Health and Extension Division (CHED) distributes the seedlings using farmer data.
