In autumn 1998, Divine, the first ever Fairtrade chocolate bar aimed at the mass market was launched onto the UK confectionery market. In an exciting new business model, the co-operative of cocoa farmers in Ghana own shares in the company making the chocolate bar.
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Wienco Agriculture
Wienco specializes in the importation and distribution of high quality agro-inputs that meet international standards. As part of Wienco's commitment to improving productivity of smallholder farmers in Ghana, input packages are given to organized groups of farmers in the form of credit facilities...
Kuapa Kokoo
When internal marketing of cocoa was liberalized in Ghana, a group of farmers led by Nana Frimpong Abrebrese established Kuapa Kokoo as a farmer’s cooperative in 1993 with assistance from Twin Limited UK . Two years later, the union received its first Fairtrade certification. The cooperative...
Common Fund for Commodities (CFC)
The Common Fund for Commodities has financed development projects for nearly two decades through its mandate, which is to enhance social and economic development in commodity dependent developing countries.
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