Prospects for Cocoa Industry in the New Millennium.

Abstract

Allow me to congratulate the national Government and in particular the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Agriculture and Livestock - the Honorable Mao Zeming, MP for the foresight in convening this workshop. The objectives of this seminar in defining policies and strategies for the Agriculture sector to take us into the new millennium is timely as agriculture is the most important sector which supports more than 85 percent of the people of this country. The challenges facing agriculture are evolving and there is a need to constantly devise strategies to meet the challenges that lie ahead of us Today as we enter the digital economy of e-commerce and the internet, the sector must constantly change to face the challenges ahead.