MARY TAGOE

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PRESENTATION

• BY
• MARY TAGOE
• Research Development Officer
• Kuapa Kokoo Organization
• Ghana

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Map 0f Ghana Location
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Introduction

• Ghana is located in West Africa, boarded by Ivory
  Coast on the west, Togo on the east, Burkina Faso
  on the north and the Gulf of Guinea/Atlantic
  Ocean on the South
• Capital Town - Accra
• Surface Area - 238,533 square
  km
• Population - 20million
• Number of Regions - 10
• Official Language - English
• Local Dialect - Over 46

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Climate of Ghana

• Ghana is a tropical country
• -Eastern coastal Corner - warm dry
• -Southwest corner - Hot humid
• -North - Hot
  dry
• 2 Main season
• -Dry season -Rainy season
• Rainy season
• Southern Ghana - May-June and August-Sept
• Northern Ghana - October December
• Hamarttan - December January (Cold)

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Ghana as an Agricultural country

• Provides employment for Over 70 of Ghana
  Population
• Contributes about 40 to GDP -
• Contributes over 90 of the food needs of the
  country
• Ghana Agricultural products include- Crops,
  Livestock, Poultry, Fisheries

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Ghana main Crops

• Classified into two (2) main groups
• Cash crops e.g. cocoa, pineapple, kola, coffee,
  cotton and others
• Food crops e.g. cassava, plantain, cereals,
  vegetables and others
• The major cash crop of Ghana is Cocoa which is
  also referred to as
• The Golden pod

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Importance of Cocoa to the Economy of Ghana

• Cocoa is the backbone of Ghanas economy
• Cocoa is the major foreign exchange earner for
  Ghana (23 of export earnings.)
• Employs about 24 of the labour force.
• Succeeding Governments after Independence have
  all rely on cocoa as a means of public finance

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Background of Cocoa Production in Ghana

• Cocoa production dates back to 1876 by Tetteh
  Quarshie,a black smith, who brought 5 cocoa pod
  from Fernando Po
• Cultivation started in the Eastern Region of
  Ghana
• Today, cocoa is produced in 6 out of the 10
  regions of Ghana.
• Cocoa farmers and their families make up around
  15 of the Population
• Generally cocoa in Ghana is produced by small
  farm holders about 2-3 hectares per farmer.
• There are about 800,000 small cocoa farms in
  Ghana
• Large farm holders are about 5
• 15 of cocoa farmers are females, 85 males

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Varieties of cocoa

• Three main Varieties
• Amelonando also referred as Tetteh Quarshie
  (matures between 5-6years, Best in yield but
  prone to diseases pest)
• Amezonia (From South America.Robust and start
  yielding in 5yrs)
• Hybrid Improvement over Amezonia Amelonado
  (Breeded by CRIG, it yields in 2-3yrs,bigger
  seeds more resistance to diseases and pests. It
  yields all year round) e.g. Akokorabedibi, Tafo
  hybrid

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Steps in cocoa production

• Land preparation (Mainly done by
  Males)
• Nursing Transplanting of cocoa seedlings
  (Males females)
• Farm maintenance (Males Female)
• Harvesting (Male
  Female)
• Pod breaking (Male
  female)
• Fermentation (Male
  Female)
• Drying (Male
  Female
• Bagging (Male)
• Evacuation of Cocoa beans to selling Points
  (Village Cocoa Sheds) (Male)

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Harvesting Cocoa with Go-To-Hell
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FLOWS OF CREDIT TO THE INTERNAL MARKETING OF
COCOA SECTOR
New York London Stock Exchange
Agent
Farmers
COCOBOD
Agent
Agent
Agent
LOCAL BANKS
LBC
Agent
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Pricing of Cocoa

• The price of cocoa is determined by the world
  market and follows the normal demand and supply
  curve. This makes the price of cocoa fluctuates
  between about 800 - 2000 per tonne.
• This makes farmers income unreliable
• The Government through Ministry of Finance CMC
  announces the farmers price of cocoa before the
  main crop season.
• Current Farmers Price of a bag of cocoa stands at
  72 of Free On Board.
• To make price fairer to farmers Kuapa Kokoo Org.
  which is Farmers owned company decided to join
  the Fair Trade Organizations.
• This allows the farmers to sell their cocoa at a
  better price

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Kuapa Kokoo Farmers Union

• Kuapa Kokoo is a cocoa farmers cooperative
  organisation
• Established in 1993 by farmers
• Membership (about 45,000 farmers)
• In 1,500 villages
• Composite organisation

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OGANOGRAM OF KUAPA KOKOO
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OBLIGATION OF KUAPA KOKOO UNDER FAIRTRADE

• Quality cocoa beans
• Environmental Friendly Practices
• Good record Keeping
• Transparency and accountability
• Traceability

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OBLIGATION OF FLO UNDER FAIRTRADE

• Pay a guaranteed price of 1,600 per tonne of
  cocoa beans
• Pay premium of 150 per tonne of cocoa beans
• Pay a top up if world market prices are lower
  than the guaranteed price

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BENEFIT OF FAIR TRADE

• Social Project
• Income Generating Activities
• Bonus
• Training/Education
• Redemption of mortgaged farms
• Mobile Clinic (Health)

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KVIP (Sanitary Facilities)
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School Projects
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Water (Bore holes)
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Training Session (capacity Building for All
farmers)
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Income Generating Activities.(Milling Soap
Making)
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Putting smiles on the Faces of Women Farmers
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Challenges

• Low export of Fair trade cocoa (7)
• Kuapa is operating with about 1,500 societies
  (village group)
• Only 35 women groups have really benefited from
  our micro-credit facility.
• There is the need to get support in the form of
  finance to train, empower and get the poor women
  folk get more sustainable trade.

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CONCLUSION

• Meeting our challenges depends on you
• Buy more Fair trade products especially chocolate
  and other cocoa products and you save a poor
  cocoa farmers life
• Dankeschön
• Contact ltmaytagoe_at_yahoo.comgt