Will Cocoa Farmers Smile This Season?
By David Fidelis As Cocoa with the biological name “Theobroma cacao” (food of the gods), prices are melting lower as the resurgence of COVID-19 around the world threatens global demand for chocolate, the questions begging for answers in my mind are, will Cocoa Farmers Smile this season? Has COVID-19 and low rainfall caused them detriment? With a machete in hand, looking perplexed, dissatisfied and hopeless an Akwa-Ibom Man, Mr Itoro Ubongabasi in Ayede Ogbese, in Akure South Local Government Area of Ondo State examines his farm, perhaps, wondering and pondering, thinking that year 2020 is a year of retrogression, stagnation or questioning Almighty Jah for his looses this season. Ultimately, he unconsciously dropped a mouthful spongy phlegm on the ground while an unseen tears rolled down his cheeks. Accurate Newspaper's David Fidelis who went to villages In Idanre and Akure South Local Government Areas of the State to document farmers pains reported that for the past f...