Story: Mary Ankrah
Armajaro Ghana Limited has presented a cheque for GH¢30,000 to the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) as its contribution to this year’s Farmers Day celebration.
Making the presentation in Accra on Tuesday, Armajaro’s Director of Operations, Mr Nelson Kpodo-Tay, said the company had a strong reputation in the cocoa sector with innovations in the internal marketing of cocoa.
He said Armajaro had set up a dedicated team specialising in traceability and sustainability (T&S) across its commodity chain.
“We consider that traceability is key to the long-term success of any sustainability initiative and, therefore, we have invested in software systems and training to provide traceability for the projects with which we are involved,” he said.
He said in 2007, Armajaro successfully implemented a project to source traceable cocoa in Ghana.
So far, the company, through its Cocoa Traceable Foundation, has invested over US$2 million to improve water and sanitation, as well as education, in 52 communities in which it operates.
Mr Kpodo-Tay said the company would continue to help farmers spray their farms against cocoa diseases and pest which accounted for low productivity, while tree seedlings would be planted on cocoa farms to help reverse the trend of deforestation.
“As the company’s cotton operations grow in the north, it is expected that similar interventions will be possible,” he said.
A Deputy Minister of Agriculture in charge of Fisheries, Nii Amasah Namoale, who received the donation, was grateful to Armajaro for its kind gesture.
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