DURING the field visits to Sulawesi and other program areas between October 2007 and January 2008, Agribusiness Market Support Activity (Amarta) technical staff discovered cocoa fields were heavily infected with Vascular Streak Dieback (VSD), stem cancer and black pod (phytophthora sp). One major issue observed during these monitoring visits was deficient farmer practices such as performing side grafting using unhealthy and old trees, resulting i