date:Jun 22, 2012
dustry players are being urged to invest in fertiliser-use to ensure cocoa reaches their factories in the long-term and at stable prices.
The IDH has begun linking fertiliser organisations with financial institutions and farmer cooperatives to build a sustainable cocoa supply network.
The study concluded that the industry must make fertiliser profitable to overcome price volatility by changing the price ratio of 1 kg or cocoa to 1 kg of fertiliser to 3 or 4 kg of cocoa against the same amount