A day’s training workshop has been held for 80 Cocoa Spraying supervisors in Asikuma-Odoben-Brakwa (AOB) district, at Breman Asikuma.

The workshop is to prepare them feverishly for the 2008 Mass Cocoa Spraying Exercise, which will commence on August 1, 2008,.

It was also aimed at sensitizing them to properly apply the new insecticide called “Actara”, which is more effective than Aketie, on the cocoa trees for more yield.

Mr. Theopilus Djorbuah, a facilitator from Calli Company Limited Tema, took the participants through processes such as how to mix the Actara, how to apply it, cost management, and the safe use of Agro Chemicals.

He advised them to be cautious, and after work wash their hands with soap before eating to avoid any problem, since the chemical was not for human consumption.

Mr. Djorbuah entreated the supervisors to discharge the task entrusted them dutifully, so that the huge sums of money that the government was spending on the spraying exercise would not be wasted.

Nana Tutu III, Central Region Chief Cocoa Farmer, and Nana Kweku Esuon II AOB District Chief Farmer in their addresses advised the supervisors and their gangs to be careful in other not to politicize the exercise for it was a programme to benefit all cocoa farmers.

They also urged them to mindful in other not to demand money from the farmers before spraying their farms, added that, whoever was found in that act would be handed over to the police for prosecution.

The Supervisors appealed the district task force to increase the size of the gangs to enable them cover the whole area.


Source: GNA