ABOut thIS BOOK This book was written and published by staff of the Solomon Islands Cocoa Livelihoods Improvement Project (CLIP) in 2010. CLIP is an Australian Government Aid Program funded initiative to assist smallholder cocoa farmers in Solomon Islands. Riaz Meninga has drawn most of the pictures used. Layout, Design & Picture colouring by Koko Siga, Fiji.
ACKNOwLeDgeMeNtS Acknowledgment is given to previous researchers and staff from Lowlands Agricultural Experimental Station, Papua New Guinea and Cocoa Coconut Institute, Tavilo, Papua New Guinea and staff of the previous Samoa Cocoa Project. They have provided information and sketches used from books including Torubat Wokim Bisnis Long Kakao, (Trevor Clarke 1981) Joseph Grows Cocoa, and The Cocoa Book, Western Samoa. Drawings from Cocoa Board of PNG Publications on Cut tested beans, Black Pod and Vascular Streak Dieback (VSD) drawn by Celia Bridle have also been used. The Research Bulletin No. 2 revised, entitled A Guide to Growing Cocoa in Solomon Islands, written by K. Trewran, based on previous edition by P.R. Linton has also been used a key reference. Valuable inputs from staff of the Solomon Islands Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, (MAL) and Commodity Export Marketing Authority (CEMA) have also been incorporated.
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