I'm from Cameroon 🇨🇲🇨🇲. As an agricultural student, I can say I really admire Ghana's agricultural sector especially with cocoa production. I wish I could understand a thing 😭😢😢😢
It is very sad, that the insects disappeared and artificial pollination has to be performed. If we do not take care of our environment, other crops will follow
@@4abrownafrica939 But then again, we have put not only ourselves into an unnatural state but nature itself too. You think many species and ecosystems that we have driven to endangered status will survive without intervention? No. Btw, cacao isn't even native to Ghana so you're cherrypicking on what you consider to be natural
I have many cacao trees in Colombia and they are pollinated by very small insects called midges. Like the presenter said, many flowers are not pollinated for some reason, but the tree can support more pods, so why not hand pollinate? It's a wonderful idea that I'm going to try as well, but I will need reading/magnifying glasses ;-)
the pollen from the flower is too sticky and heavy to be carried by the wind, i think. the flowers are really small (2-3 inches or 5 to 7.6 centimeters) and you have to be really meticulous about pollinating them because the reproductive system is very intricate and hard to reach.
Hmmm.. though it's very good, also time consuming. Now that the Japanese have introduced machine that produce pollinating flies, why can't the government try that experiments too? At least they'll be able to pollinate more acres instead of only one.