Executive Director, Cocoa Health and Extension Division, COCOBOD
Emmanuel Nii Tackie-Otoo is District Coordinator, CODAPEC, Bia District since 2008, and Executive Director, Cocoa Health and Extension Division, (COCOBOD). Previous roles include Acting Regional Manager, CSSVD Control Unit, (COCOBOD), Western (South) Region, Agricultural Extension Agent for the Ministry of Food and Agriculture, and Principal Technical Officer, Assisting the Regional Manager, CSSVD Control Unit, Western (South) Region, Dunkwa-On-Offin, and more. He currently holds many offices, including as Chairman, Cocoa Research Extension Technical Committee (CRETEC); Chairman, COCOBOD’s Farmers’ Day Planning Committee; Member, Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana’s (CRIG) Management Board.
His areas of expertise include Non-Traditional Agricultural Production, Rural Development and Agricultural Planning, Cocoa Agronomy and Disease Control, Land and Water Management, and more. Emmanuel Nii Tackie-Otoo holds a PH. D in Agricultural Extension and a M Phil. in Agricultural Extension from the University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast. Emmanuel Nii Tackie-Otoo holds a PH. D in Agricultural Extension and a M Phil. in Agricultural Extension from the University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast.