date:Mar 25, 2013
oa farmers have access to a mobile phone. Since launching in Ghana in July 2011, CocoaLink has:
- Registered more than 16,000 cocoa farmers about 35 percent of whom are women in 550 communities across Ghanas cocoa growing sector,
- Provided 300,000 SMS messages in the local language on topics that include pruning, planting, fertilizer application, spraying, childrens issues and insect control, and
- Addressed high illiteracy levels through community literacy training.
Hershey Development Ce