Tag: Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria

Mu’azu, represented by the Deputy Director, Federal Department of Agriculture, Bernand Chukwuemeka, said cashew was among the top priority commodities being promoted by the ministry. He said that the promotion of cashew by the ministry was due to the commodity’s enormous potentials for employment generation for youths and foreign exchange earnings. The official said Nigeria’s current output is 175,000 metric tonnes on150,000 hectares with an average yield of 350 kilograms per hectare, against the global average yield of 1,230 kilograms per hectre. Earlier, the Director, Cashew Research Department, Cocoa Research Institute…