date:Aug 26, 2013
Nigeria is to produce up to 500,000 metric tons of cocoa annually, beginning from 2015, Minister of Agriculture Akinwunmi Adesina said on Friday.
Adesina, who delivered a paper at the ongoing All Nigerian Editors Conference in Asaba, capital of oil-rich Delta State, said the government's target is to double the production of cocoa from the current 250,000 metric tons per annum.
This, according to the minister, will be achieved, on account of the recently released high yielding hybrids of cocoa