Cocoa
We source our certified cocoa through our subsidiary company gebana Togo from the Plateaux region around the cities Kpalimé and Badou in Southern Togo. We can offer both organic certified cocoa beans as well as conversion cocoa beans from farmers not yet certified organic.
The family farmers we work with harvest, ferment and dry the beans themselves. Through our team of field agents, we are in direct contact with the farmers and train them in organic farming as well as dynamic agroforestry.
ORIGIN: Togo
THE PRODUCT: Cocoa beans, dried with a reddish brown to blackish brown colour.
VARIETIES: Upper Amazonian hybrids, Trinitario and Amelonado
VOLUMES: 300 MT per year (organic & FLO), 500 MT per year (conversion)
CERTIFICATIONS: EU Organic, USDA Organic, FLO Fairtrade, HACCP
Producers and supply chain
Grown by 2834 family farmers on an average of 1.5 ha in the Plateaux region in Togo.
Organic, non-irrigated, harvested by hand during the main season from October to March.
After cutting and opening the pods, the beans are fermented in banana leaves, then sun-dried, graded and stored. Finally, the dried beans are packed and prepared for transport.
Purchasing from cooperatives and family farmers straight from the farm. Transport: by lorry from decentralised warehouses to Lomé, by ship to Amsterdam.
gebana Togo
We work with cocoa farmers and source pineapple for wholesale customers. By promoting agroforestry and raising awareness about child labour, we help strengthen and protect local family farming.