date:Jul 11, 2013
ions in the region, said Kouassi Bredoumi Soumala Traor, General Director of Food Security, representing the Minister of Agriculture of Cote d'Ivoire.
The new Cocoa Center of Excellence is located in Pacobo in the Department of Tiassal in the south-central cocoa growing area of Cte d'Ivoire. It comprises both field and classroom training facilities, separate nurseries to produce cocoa plants and shade trees, as well as fermentation and drying facilities to demonstrate proper post-harvest manage