GKV-SNV Hortifresh CIP 1
Some coconut farmers registered under the GKV-SNV Hortifresh
Coconut Innovation
Platform (CIP) have received 100 high quality coconut seedlings each to help them expand
their farms, replace dead coconut seedlings and enhance their production of coconuts.
GKV-SNV Hortifresh CIP
The farmers located at Fawomanye and Bronikrom in the Western region and Mankessim in
the Central region of Ghana are those who have currently received their seedlings as plans
are ongoing to reach all the other farmers under the platform.
GKV-SNV Hortifresh CIP 1
The Coconut Seedlings Distribution is the second phase of
the GKV-SNV Hortifresh Coconut Innovation Platform which
seeks to equip coconut farmers in the Western and Central
regions of Ghana with the needed modern techniques to
boost their coconut production.
GKV-SNV Hortifresh CIP
Speaking to the media during the distribution exercise at Mankessim, Mr. Robert Quaicoe,
a Coconut Scientist explained the purpose of the innovation. “We want to equip the farmers
with modern techniques that must be implemented in the coconut production process to
ensure they harvest quality yield, supply good coconut regularly and aid develop Ghana’s
coconut industry”
GKV-SNV Hortifresh CIP 1
The activity was also an opportunity for the partners of the program to monitor how the
farmers were implementing the modern coconut production techniques they were trained in
during the innovation’s first phase and also provide solutions to challenges the farmers might
be encountering.
GKV-SNV Hortifresh CIP
The GKV-SNV Hortifresh Coconut Innovation Platform is currently aiding fifty (50) coconut
farmers in both the Western and Central Regions of Ghana.
GKV-SNV Hortifresh CIP
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