The 23 total participants arrived in Bunso Cocoa College on the 23rd October and participated in the trainings which began on the Monday through to Thursday.
It was a Training of Trainers, which meant that the representatives had the mandate to go back to their various Producer and Hired Labour Organisations and train others on same topics.
Participants, hailing from the eastern, central, greater Accra, upper east and northern region were all present. Represented Fairtrade products were cocoa, cashew, pineapple, mango, crafts and Shea.
Producer Organisations Present were;
- Adumanya Mango Association
- Apesika Cooperative
- Nyame Akwan Citrus and Cahsew Cooperative
- Wad African Foods Limited
- Matamiss Potetery limited
- West Akyem Cocoa Cooperative
- Yilo Krobo Moango Association
- Offinso Fine Flavour
- Asetenapa Cooperative
- Acopps and Amoppa
- Assin Citrus
- Asunafo North Union
- Akoma Cooperative
- Fanteakwa Union
- Volta River
- Trade Aid Integrated
- Solid Rock
- Abo)fa
Two of the trainers came from Fairtrade West Africa Office, which is a partner organisation to fair trade Ghana network. They were Mr. Baaman Chatin and Mr Nicholas Ofori. A consultant from the Ministry of food and Agriculture in the person of Mr Kingsley Agyeman also took the members through a training session on Climate Change.
