New branches on old cashew trees

Yvette Cole Smith, a journalist from Sierra Leone - WRENmedia

Yvette Cole Smith, a journalist from Sierra Leone
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One way to increase production from old cashew trees is to remove their branches and graft new branches in their place, taken from younger and more productive trees. The Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana is also helping cashew farmers by identifying the most productive cashew plants, for multiplication and distribution to farmers.

 
 
 
 
 
 
Country:
Ghana
Duration:
3'08"
Date published:
May 2010
 
 
 

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