Kuapa Kokoo | Cocoa trade between Ghana - The Netherlands 1997
Many small cocoa farmers in Ghana's Ashanti region are associated with Kuapa Kokoo, a coöperative working under fair-trade conditions. Shipped to The Netherlands, the cocoa beans are used as raw material for the production of chocolate products in Dutch factories and sold as fair-trade articles.
Ashanti region, Menang village
Cocoa farmer using long pole harvesting cocoa fruit.
Ashanti region, Menang village
Family harvesting and formenting cocoa fruits.
Ashanti region, Menang village
Cocoa beans drying in the sun.
Ashanti region, Menang village
Delivery of cocoa harvest at the local Kuapa Kokoo store.
Ashanti-region, Menang village
Clearing and scaling of deliverd cocoa beans at the local Kuapa Kokoo store.
Ashanti-region, Menang village
Keeping account of the delivered cocoa beans at the local Kuapa Kokoo office.
Ashanti region, Menang village
50-kg sack of cocoa beans transported from the Kuapa Kokoo coöperative store.
Ashanti region, Kumasi
Arrival of Menang's cocoa production at the warehouse in provincial capital Kumasi.
Ashanti region, Kumasi
Administrator and porters in the central Kuapa Kokoo office in Kumasi.
Ashanti region, Kumasi
Storing sacks with cocoa beans in the central Kuapa Kokoo warehouse in Kumasi.
The Netherlands, Zaandam
Stowing firm Unicontrol, cargo hold with bulk of cocoa beans.
The Netherlands Zaandam
Stowing firm Unicontrol, transshipment of cocoa beans
The Netherlands, Zaandam
Stowing firm Unicontrol, transshipment of cocoa beans.
The Netherlands, Amsterdam
Stowing firm Ter Hag, warehouse.
The Netherlands, Koog aan de Zaan
ADM Cocoa BV, controler
The Netherlands, Gouda
Steenland's Chocoladefabriek, controler at production line.
The Netherlands, Gouda
Steenland's Chocoladefabriek, finished chocolate bars.