A total of 1705 farmers in five isolated communities in Papua New Guinea have been given support to revitalise their cocoa farms.
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The Food and Agriculture Administration, with funding from the European Union, is helping the farmers in East Sepik and Sandaun Provinces.
They have been learning how to rehabilitate and revive old, infested cocoa blocks, and restore production.
The training involved learning how to propagate Cocoa Pod Borer tolerant seedlings, so they can apply these skills in their blocks.
They were also shown different types of pruning so trees are protected against disease and pest infestation and to increase the cocoa yield.