2024 Partner Report: ABOCFA

ABOCFA
Ghana

ABOCFA, a cooperative of organic producers in Ghana where we have been sourcing cacao since 2018, has been growing output steadily. However this year they expect to have a smaller crop  due to black pod fungus caused by heavy rains. Additionally, challenges within Cocobod, the government-run cacao export marketing agency who controls farm-gate pricing, as well as smuggling of production into Côte d'Ivoire, have reduced the country’s ability to effectively grow exports. This has had a negative impact on export volumes. We were unable to secure any cocoa from them directly but purchased excess volume from another partner importer of ours, Uncommon Cacao.

 -- Alex Whitmore, Taza CEO