Kuapa Kokoo Farmers Union | Adaptation of African Agriculture

Fair trade at the service of the community

KEY MESSAGES

- Description: Kuapa Kokoo Farmers Union (KKFU) is a Ghanaian cooperative, gathering more than 100 000 producers, selling fair trade-certied cocoa in international markets and reinvests the profits in their communities
- Specificity: Financing of community projects with the profits (construction of infrastructures, modernization...)
- Impact: +30% of income

FUNCTIONING

SUPPORT TO COCOA PRODUCTION TO FINANCE COMMUNITY INVESTMENTS:
Training
> Training in limited groups to good agricultural practices
> Sensitization to environment protection

Fair trade
> Redistribution of the fair trade premium to the producers
> Purchasing of small producers' production at fair prices

Sustainable investments
> Financing of community projects (schools, fountains, WC, etc.)
> Tree plantation and development of agroforestry projects to fight plantation ageing

SCOPE

GHANA
100 000 producers reached

BUDGET

$ 2,5 M$
of which $ 750 k of bonus for farmers and $ 750 k in social projects

IMPACTS

Agricultural productivity
Up to 30% increase of harvests thanks to better agricultural practices

Climate change
Soil management optimization
Training
Agroforestry and soil fertility program with Purprojet: 200 000 trees planted

Sustainable dev. goals
Fair trade premium equal to 1-2% of the selling price
Up to 30% of additional income thanks to harvest increase

NEXT STEPS

Launch of children protection and young people employment programs (search for $ 3 M)
Need to finance the working capital need between payments to the farmers and purchases by the Ghanaian cocoa export public agency (Cocobod)

Projects

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