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    Cocoa Production: From Bean To Bar

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    The document outlines the 10 stages of cocoa production from bean to bar: 1) Cocoa pods grow and ripen on cocoa trees. 2) Harvesting of ripe cocoa pods. 3) Fermentation of the cocoa beans. 4) Drying of the fermented beans. 5) Packing and weighing of dried cocoa beans. 6) Transport of cocoa beans. 7) Shipping cocoa beans internationally. 8) Preparing cocoa beans for manufacturing chocolate. 9) Moulding chocolate and packaging bars. 10) Selling chocolate in shops. It then discusses problems cocoa farmers face like fluctuating prices and low pay, as well as how Fairtrade aims to help by providing long-term contracts, minimum prices, and community development funds.

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    The document outlines the 10 stages of cocoa production from bean to bar: 1) Cocoa pods grow and ripen on cocoa trees. 2) Harvesting of ripe cocoa pods. 3) Fermentation of the cocoa beans. 4) Drying of the fermented beans. 5) Packing and weighing of dried cocoa beans. 6) Transport of cocoa beans. 7) Shipping cocoa beans internationally. 8) Preparing cocoa beans for manufacturing chocolate. 9) Moulding chocolate and packaging bars. 10) Selling chocolate in shops. It then discusses problems cocoa farmers face like fluctuating prices and low pay, as well as how Fairtrade aims to help by providing long-term contracts, minimum prices, and community development funds.

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    The document outlines the 10 stages of cocoa production from bean to bar: 1) Cocoa pods grow and ripen on cocoa trees. 2) Harvesting of ripe cocoa pods. 3) Fermentation of the cocoa beans. 4) Drying of the fermented beans. 5) Packing and weighing of dried cocoa beans. 6) Transport of cocoa beans. 7) Shipping cocoa beans internationally. 8) Preparing cocoa beans for manufacturing chocolate. 9) Moulding chocolate and packaging bars. 10) Selling chocolate in shops. It then discusses problems cocoa farmers face like fluctuating prices and low pay, as well as how Fairtrade aims to help by providing long-term contracts, minimum prices, and community development funds.

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    The document outlines the 10 stages of cocoa production from bean to bar: 1) Cocoa pods grow and ripen on cocoa trees. 2) Harvesting of ripe cocoa pods. 3) Fermentation of the cocoa beans. 4) Drying of the fermented beans. 5) Packing and weighing of dried cocoa beans. 6) Transport of cocoa beans. 7) Shipping cocoa beans internationally. 8) Preparing cocoa beans for manufacturing chocolate. 9) Moulding chocolate and packaging bars. 10) Selling chocolate in shops. It then discusses problems cocoa farmers face like fluctuating prices and low pay, as well as how Fairtrade aims to help by providing long-term contracts, minimum prices, and community development funds.

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    Cocoa Production:

    From Bean To Bar


    Stage 1: Cocoa pods
    grow and ripen

    Source: Pa Pa Paa
    www.papapaa.org
    Stage 2:
    Harvesting

    Source: Pa Pa Paa
    www.papapaa.org
    Stage 3:
    Fermentation

    Source: Pa Pa Paa
    www.papapaa.org
    Stage 4: Drying

    Source: Pa Pa Paa
    www.papapaa.org
    Stage 5: Packing
    and Weighing

    Source: Pa Pa Paa
    www.papapaa.org
    Stage 6: Transport

    Source: Pa Pa Paa
    www.papapaa.org
    Stage 7: Shipping

    Source: Pa Pa Paa
    www.papapaa.org
    Stage 8: Preparing
    the beans for
    manufacture

    Source: Pa Pa Paa
    www.papapaa.org
    Stage 9: Moulding
    and packaging

    Source: Pa Pa Paa
    www.papapaa.org
    Stage 10: Selling in shops
    What are the problems cocoa
    farmers face?
    Price of cocoa Very low pay:
    keeps going up farmers only
    and down on the receive a fraction
    world market = no of the price paid
    long term security for each chocolate
    bar
    Farming
    equipment,
    Changing to
    food, medicine
    produce other
    etc are very
    crops is difficult
    expensive

    Children often Scales are


    Machetes and
    have to work to often „fixed‟
    pesticides can
    bring in extra to show a
    be very
    income for higher reading
    dangerous.
    farming families than is true
    How does Fairtrade help?
    Protects the Long term
    environment A minimum contracts
    price

    The “Fairtrade
    Premium”

    Working
    together in
    No child labour
    “cooperatives”

    Better working
    conditions
    Able to borrow
    money safely
    "Fairtrade is good to the
    farmer and makes us
    happy. We would like to
    sell more cocoa to Fairtrade
    so more farmers can taste a
    Comfort Kwaasibea, cocoa farmer.
    better life."
    “We can proudly take good
    care of ourselves and our
    children... because of
    Fairtrade we can stand on
    our own because we are Akua Gyamfua, cocoa farmer
    and stall holder.
    self sufficient.”
    How to taste chocolate
    • Listen for the snap!
    • Smell the chocolate
    • Check the appearance
    • “Mouth feel”
    • Making notes – flavours, textures,
    the finish and the aftertaste.

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