Cocoa farmers in Sierra Leone Secure fair Trade certified export licence

A farmer-led organization in Sierra Leone has directly exported forest-friendly cocoa bean to the fair trade market for the first time.
In the current context of greater ownership of marginalized producers, it is a huge achievement for the 1,743 farmers of Kanema, Sierre Leone who are planning to build on this success for the 2012 season.
In addition to the fair trade certification, there are plans to get the organic certification and have pioneered a cocoa-friendly approach to cocoa farming.
20 metric tons of fair trade certified cocoa bean was successfully exported to Rotterdam, Netherlands.