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| Latest news Kuapa Kokoo cocoa producer to visit Devon for Fairtrade fortnight 2010
Nicolas is very knowledgeable in both Fairtrade and Cocoa and will be touring schools, churches and community groups to talk about the benefits of Fairtrade to his community. Kuapa Kokoo is a Ghanaian certified Fairtrade cocoa farmer’s co-operative that was established in 1993 following the Ghanaian government's policy of liberalisation of the internal market of cocoa in 1992. Concerned about the impacts to cocoa farmers of liberalisation Kuapa Kokoo was set up initially with 22 village societies in Ghana. This has now grown to 1,200 and incorporates 45,000 farmers. The cooperative also now owns nearly half of the shares of Divine Chocolate Ltd. For more about how the Kuapa Kokoo cooperative has benefitted farmers in Ghana watch an interview with Nicholas from the co-operative tv site Nicolas has
a packed programme of visits in Devon. For a timetable of his programme
of visits and events (in pdf format) click
here. Catch
him if you can!
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Devon
welcomes Nicholas Adjei-Gyan, the Research and Development Manager
with Fairtrade cooperative Kuapa Kokoo, during Fairtrade fortnight 2010.