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    Q&As for 2022: Deborah Osei-Mensah, Fairtrade youth ambassador

    Ms Osei-Mensah is also registered cocoa farmer, livelihood development officer of Ghana’s Asunafo North Farmers Union, and leader of the union’s Monitoring and Evaluation team

    4 months ago
  • Fairtrade

    Fairtrade Cocoa Programme increased co-op farmers’ resilience, figures show

    The programme works to strengthen producer organisations by providing training, coaching and advice

    8 months ago
  • Brexit

    Fairtrade Foundation welcomes UK trade deal with Ghana

    Without a trade agreement in place Ghanaian producers, including co-operatives, faced import duties

    1 year ago
  • Fairtrade

    Ghanaian co-ops face tariffs until post-Brexit trade deal with UK is agreed

    If tariffs continue to apply farmers and workers will lose market access, says the Fairtrade Foundation

    1 year ago
  • Agriculture

    Fairtrade and the invisible women of the cocoa industry

    'The average female cocoa farmer earns 23p a day. How is there not as much outrage about this, as there is for the fast fashion industry?'

    2 years ago
  • Fairtrade

    New majority shareholder of Divine Chocolate

    Ghanaian cooperative Kuapa Kokoo maintains a 20% share in the company

    2 years ago
  • Agriculture

    Cocoa co-operative launches in Ghana 

    The government also announced measures to support cocoa growers and is encouraging them to form into co-operatives

    3 years ago
  • Environment

    Co-op insurance clean cookstove programme reduces CO2 emissions in Ghana

    All policies are carbon offset for customers, at no extra cost

    4 years ago
  • Fairtrade

    Fairtrade company Divine Chocolate wins B Corp status for ethical standards

    Fairtrade social enterprise Divine Chocolate has won B Corp certification after meeting a range of social and environmental standards. The company, co-owned by its cocoa farmers, also had to demonstrate accountability and transparency, and to show commitment to ongoing development...

    5 years ago
  • Agriculture

    Ghana’s agricultural co-ops receive $6m from South Korea

    South Korea has committed $6m to supporting agricultural co-ops in Ghana over the next four years. Ghana, on west Africa’s Gulf of Guinea, is home to 2,000 registered agricultural, industrial, financial and service co-operatives. The...

    6 years ago
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