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ASSESSING KOA’S DEFINITION OF SUSTAINABILITY AND THE TREATMENT OF THEIR PARTNER FARMERS

This entry is part 1 of 3 in the series KOA’S BUSINESS EXPLOITS IN THE GHANAIAN COCOA SECTOR

Continued from Part One KOA’S Definition of Sustainability One of my most important questions was asking them what KOA’s definition of sustainability meant and how it influenced their business model and relationship with their partner farmers. To KOA, they preferred to replace the word “Sustainability” with “Responsibility”. They believe investing in the humans (The people) …

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KOA’S ECONOMIC OPERATING MODEL IN GHANA

This entry is part 2 of 3 in the series KOA’S BUSINESS EXPLOITS IN THE GHANAIAN COCOA SECTOR

During my master’s Thesis in 2019, I reflected on almost all the known initiatives the Ghana Government and industry stakeholders announced to have implemented to address the livelihood changes of smallholder farmers. I concluded that: It is not real for smallholder farmers to sustainably gain sufficient income to solve their income-driven challenges if they attempt …

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WHY IS IT PROBLEMATIC FOR KOA TO PAY COCOA FARMERS THROUGH MOBILE MONEY?

Leave a Comment / Cocoa / By Nick Baskett

This entry is part 3 of 3 in the series KOA’S BUSINESS EXPLOITS IN THE GHANAIAN COCOA SECTOR

Mobile money as a financial system was introduced to support the non-banked population, mostly in rural African agrarian communities, to perform financial transactions efficiently. The basis was that the financial institutions found it costly to set up “retail banking centres” in rural areas. It was also argued that there were high risks associated with the …

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