CocoaSoils_Program

Promoting sustainable intensification of cocoa production while avoiding deforestation in West Africa.

[CocoaSoils_Program @cocoasoils]

What is CocoaSoils?
#cocoasoils #cocoasoilsannualforum
#forum2021 #sustainableagriculture #sustainableintensification #cocoa #livingincome #sustainability #soils

[Leonard Rusinamhodzi @Leomhodzy]

Congratulations to Prof. dr. Ir. Ken E. Giller @KenGiller for successfully guiding 100 PhD scholars. Thank you for the immense contribution to the African Agricultural Research Agenda. @cocoasoils @ScalingAgronomy @IITA_CGIAR @PPS_Wur

[CGIAR Sustainable Farming Science Program (SFSP) @CgiarFarming]

Which #crop am I? Comment below👇👇

[CocoaSoils_Program @cocoasoils]

Support @WUR @WUReconomic
to design and implement a long-term, multi-country Cocoa Household Income Study (CHIS) to close #cocoafarmer #livingincome gaps, by providing useful data and harmonized methods.

Click on this link to participate in the survey: https://t.co/dQGxftyVoN

[UNEP-WCMC @unepwcmc]

📢New report out!

Findings show that there are opportunities to increase tree coverage across nearly two million hectares of low-shade cocoa-growing lands in Ghana 🌱🇬🇭

Find out more about it ➡️ https://t.co/ohJ5rZz5Ib

[IITA @IITA_CGIAR]

Some of our Directors from across #Africa at IITA-@CGIAR arriving for a meeting with our newly elected Director General @simeonehui this morning in #Ibadan
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@iitagenebank @benin_iita @IITARWANDA @Integr_AgricAct @IITAKALAMBO @kslopez77
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#IITAnewDG #IITAresearch #tuesdayfeeling

[Leonard Rusinamhodzi @Leomhodzy]

EiA Learning event: Stepwise investments in Cocoa Agronomy @cocoasoils @ScalingAgronomy @IITA_CGIAR @PPS_Wur

[CGIAR Sustainable Farming Science Program (SFSP) @CgiarFarming]

The global teams and stakeholders are meeting to share the best practices on how to collaborate to assist millions of smallholder farmers to intensify their production systems while preserving key ecosystem services under the threat of climate change.

[CGIAR Sustainable Farming Science Program (SFSP) @CgiarFarming]

A #thread 🧵showing how @ScalingAgronomy 's Global EiA learning Event is kicking off in Morocco today...

[CGIAR Sustainable Farming Science Program (SFSP) @CgiarFarming]

Since soil is the basis for plant growth, it contributes to the maintenance of both the natural and planted landscape.

@IITA_CGIAR @CIMMYT @cocoasoils

#soil #soilhealth #agronomy

[CGIAR Sustainable Farming Science Program (SFSP) @CgiarFarming]

Today is #WorldSoilDay and we are involving everyone around the globe.
What is "soil" in your language? And how do you say soils give life?

#WorldSoilDay2022 #WorldSoilDay

[CocoaSoils_Program @cocoasoils]

Cocoasoils is now a use case under @ScalingAgronomy initiative.
Dr Richard Asare explains how the objectives and structure of CocoaSoils align with the global initiative.

[CocoaSoils_Program @cocoasoils]

#HappeningNow CocoaSoils Science Committee Meeting in Montpellier.
Private and public sector partners are here to discuss project results and new areas of future research and collaboration.

[CocoaSoils_Program @cocoasoils]

Our multi-locational nutrient response trials established to develop #cocoa fertiliser recommendations are progressing excellently, according to trial managers from #Ghana, #Nigerian, Cote d'Ivoire, Indonesia, and Ecuador

[CocoaSoils_Program @cocoasoils]

New Blog!
How we love chocolate! The big downside of this love is that more chocolate consumption directly implies more cocoa plantations, which has led to significant loss of forests especially in West Africa...
Read more: https://t.co/6j5JyLRJfa

[IITA @IITA_CGIAR]

State Secretary @BjorgSandkjaer of @NorwayMFA paid a working visit to the IITA Ghana office in Accra to engage with scientists working on @noradno funded projects: Black Soldier Fly (BSF) project, @cocoasoils & the Sustainable Soyabean Project in Northern Ghana (SSPING).

[IITA @IITA_CGIAR]

IITA to co-create digital agricultural information system with Ogun State Ministry of Agriculture, help register 100k farmers in the state using the digital platform, and develop capacity in using the system.

[AICCRA @CGIARAfrica]

Pests destroy 40% of global crops every year.

With #food supply under pressure from #covid, conflict & #climatechange, we can't afford such losses.

In #Ghana, new pest management innovations are helping farmers grow more—and healthier—food.

https://t.co/6UghHuzcJb

[AICCRA @CGIARAfrica]

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