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Cacao Selection Felchlin

SECOND LARGEST CACAO PRODUCER IN THE WORLD

Ghana is a West African country on the Gulf of Guinea and has played a significant role in the cacao trade for many years now. Ghana is now the world’s second largest cacao producer and cacao is the nation’s largest agricultural export. Around 800,000 farming families acquire a livelihood from farming cacao and its associated activities. The cacao plant was introduced to Ghana at the beginning of the 19th century by Swiss missionaries, however commercial farming is credited to a Ghanaian blacksmith named Tetteh Quarshie, who spent several years living on the island of Bioko (then called Fernando Po). On his return to Ghana in 1879 he brought the Amelonado cacao pod back with him and subsequently founded the first cacao farm in the Eastern Region in South Ghana. This farm in due course became a tree nursery, where farmers acquired saplings for their farms and from there, cacao farming spread to all the forested areas in the country and it now established as one of the most widely used crops in the country.

STATE CONTROL THROUGH THE COCOA BOARD

The cacao trade has had a tumultuous history and has played its part in shaping the country with for example example, low cacao prices causing strikes in the 1930s. The Ghanaian government founded the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) in 1947, which controls the cacao market by setting the price for cacao and is responsible for exporting the raw material.

Facts

  • PARTNERSHIP WITH

    Yayra Glover Ltd.

  • NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES OR FARMERS

    Partnership with 1,101 registered and certified organic cacao farmers in Suhum and around 400 cacao farmers with Rainforest Alliance certification.

  • TYPE OF COMPANY

    Yayra Glover Ltd. is a wholesale organic cacao buyer certified by COCOBOD (LBC = licenced buying company). Yayrator Glover leads his company as a purpose-driven social business, which aims to improve the livelihood and quality of life of the cacao farmers it hires and trains. The innovative and scalable business model places an emphasis on social, economic and ecological impacts in the rural cacao regions.

  • HOMEPAGE

    yayraglover.com

  • COOPERATION SINCE

    2012

  • CACAO VARIETY

    The basis is mainly Forastero cacao. Due to the recurring cross-breeding and evolution of cacao plants, it is difficult to determine the exact cacao variety. Our top priority is the flavour profile of the cacao.

Felchlin in Ghana

OUR PARTNER AND DIRECT COLLABORATION ON SITE

Yayra Glover Ltd has been supplying Felchlin with premium quality organic cacao since 2012. The company has pioneered organic cacao production in Ghana and the founder, Yayrator Glover, who was born and raised in Ghana, studied in Zürich, and has close ties to Switzerland. His mission was and is to continue to empower the cacao farmers in Ghana to help them earn a sufficient income through cacao farming which in turn helps to counteract rural poverty and migration to the cities. He both teaches and advises the farmers to follow good agricultural practices in order to increase their yields and to obtain substantial premiums for their high-quality produce.

Felchlin in Ghana

OUR PARTNER AND DIRECT COLLABORATION ON SITE

Yayra Glover Ltd. is a company that places considerable value on ethical standards. Environmental protection, health and the farmers’ economic welfare are paramount. Felchlin has been sympathetic to Yayra Glover‘s visions from the onset and has invariably supported his projects. We are now reaping the rewards of this invaluable collaboration in the form of the highest quality and sustainably produced cacao beans.

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HEALTHCARE IN GHANA

THE «AKWAABA» PROJECT

The majority of smallholder farmers in the cacaogrowing regions of Ghana have no access to
comprehensive healthcare or cannot afford it. With the financial support of customers and the Swiss platform for sustainable cacao «SWISSCO», and in collaboration with our implementation partner Elucid and our raw material supplier Yayra Glover Ltd, Felchlin is giving cacao farmers and their families access to professional healthcare.

HEALTHCARE IN GHANA

THE «AKWAABA» PROJECT

The positive effects can be tracked transparently and in real time via a digital platform. The project demonstrably improves the health of people in the cacao‘s region of origin, protects against extreme poverty and increases productivity. The project also prevents child labour and deforestation. With this commitment, we are investing in two of the sustainable development goals defined by the UN: No. 1 «No poverty» and No. 3 «Good health and wellbeing».

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Products

Felchlin Art. No. Product name
CV01 Suhum 65% Organic, dark chocolate couverture, Rondo
CO03 Suhum 60% Organic, dark chocolate couverture, Rondo
CO02 Suhum 40% Organic, milk chocolate couverture, Rondo
CS06 Cacaomass Suhum Organic, cacao mass, Rondo
CA19 Ghana Nibs Qroqant 2-3mm, Cacao nibs caramelised
CA71 Suhum Nibs 3-4mm organic, cacao nibs roasted
CS49 Accra Lait 42%, milk chocolate couverture, Rondo
CS73 Accra 62%, dark chocolate couverture, Rondo
DF03 Vegan Choc Brun 44%, organic, cacao based product, bar
CR27 Sao Palme 68%, Dark chocolate couverture, Rondo
CR19 Sao Palme 60%, Dark chocolate couverture, Rondo
PS60 Sao Palme 43%, Milk chocolate couverture, Rondo
CR18 Sao Palme 36%, Milk chocolate couverture, Rondo
CS50 Ambra 36%, Milk chocolate couverture, Rondo
CS85 Ambra 38%, Milk chocolate couverture, Rondo

Note: Some products are not available in all markets. The right to make changes to the range is reserved. Liste non exhaustive.

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