The "Co-Pod" app is a mobile application designed to support cocoa farmers in Ghana by providing them with relevant farm management information and enabling them to monitor their farms to ensure locally relevant climate-smart cocoa cultivation. This is particularly important given the changing regional climate, including more intense dry campaigns, shifting rainy campaigns, and more intense El Nino events. The project was co-produced with farmer communities and involves various partners, including the Nature Conservation Research Centre in Ghana, the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, the University of Dundee, and Flumens Ltd in Europe.
Improving Cocoa productionCo-Pod is a cocoa farmer focused mobile application that has been co-produced with farmer communities in Ghana. The intention is to support farmers accessing relevant farm management information and gaining experience monitoring their own farms to realise locally relevant climate smart cocoa cultivation. This is particularly pertinent as the regional climate is changing, including more intense dry seasons, shifting rainy seasons and more intense El Nino events. Adaptation of practices is required to ensure continued productivity and long term resilience of the sector. Project partners include the Nature Conservation .....
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Last updated on Sep 14, 2022
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