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| Cocoa Farmer | The Kuapa Kokoo cooperative was created in 1993 when cocoa farmers in Ghana united to negotiate better prices for their cocoa and empower small farmers. Kuapa Kokoo now represents 45,000 cocoa farmers and has a stake in the first farmer-owned chocolate company in the world, the Day Chocolate Company. The company, a London-based partnership between British ATO's Twin Trading, the Body Shop, and Comic Relief, and the Kuapa Kokoo cooperative, launched its first bar of milk chocolate in 1998. Because of this unique partnership model, the cocoa farmers in Ghana participate directly in the decisions made by the organization and share in any potential profits. Kuapa's cocoa growers also receive above-market Fair Trade premiums for their cocoa beans which are used to fund community development projects like wells and schools. The company recently changed its name to Divine Chocolate Limited.
"We all have to go shopping. Fair Trade is just shopping with respect."
Mr. Ohemeng-Tinyase, Managing Director of Kuapa Kokoo, Ghana.
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