Membership
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Farmers
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Suhum / Ayensuano · Eastern Region, Ghana
Asetenapa Cocoa
Nature, fairness and wealth. A farmer-led cooperative growing quality cocoa under shade, with traceability from the tree to the buyer.
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Impact at a glance
Evidence of a growing cooperative
Network
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Primary societies
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Reach
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Communities
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Capacity
0 MT
Annual production capacity
Updated 2025
Standards
Fairtrade
Certifications
Updated 2025
Our network
Fifteen societies. One farmer-owned union.
Asetenapa’s primary societies connect cocoa-growing communities across Ghana’s Eastern Region. Select a territory to open its profile.
Primary societies
Eastern Region, Ghana
Ghana
Eastern Region
Select a territory to open its profile. These are indicative service areas based on current society locations—not surveyed administrative boundaries. Hovering a territory highlights it. Pinch, scroll or use the controls to zoom; drag the map to pan. Official boundary files can replace them when supplied by management.
Who we are
Farmers at the heart of everything we do.
Asetenapa Co-operative Cocoa Farming and Marketing Union Limited brings farmers together to strengthen sustainable agricultural production, improve access to services and markets, and create opportunities for resilient livelihoods.
The union is owned by its members and organised through 15 primary societies. Decisions are made with farmers — on production, quality, sustainability and the enterprises the cooperative builds together.
Our scale
A cooperative rooted in its societies.
A clear picture of verified reach today, with unconfirmed figures marked openly until management signs them off.
Certification
Fairtrade
Certifications
Updated 2025
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1,371
Farmers
Updated 2025
02
15
Primary societies
Updated 2025
03
15
Communities
Updated 2025
04
2,876
Hectares under cultivation
Updated 2025
05
2,200 MT
Annual production capacity
Updated 2025
Beyond cocoa
More than cocoa. Building resilient livelihoods.
Cocoa income arrives in a season, but household needs do not. Asetenapa is diversifying so members earn across the year.
- 01Cocoa
- 02Cassava
- 03Gari
- 04Women-led enterprise
- 05Youth opportunities
- 06Community resilience
Asetenapa began exploring cassava diversification in 2023 under the Acting Now programme facilitated by Agriterra, developed a women's-council-led gari business plan in September 2024, and commissioned a gari factory and training centre on 20 August 2025.
Certification & compliance
Cocoa you can trust.
We publish only what we can evidence. Where management has not yet confirmed a status, we say so.
Publicly documented
Fairtrade
Sustainable and responsible trading relationships.
Confirmation required
Organic
Environmentally responsible agricultural production.
Confirmation required
EUDR
Traceability and environmental due diligence.
Traceability
From farm to market.
Every stage of the chain is recorded so buyers can follow volumes back to the societies that produced them. Individual farmer data is never published.
Stage 01
Farmer
Members belong to a primary society and are registered with the union.
The architecture is prepared for integration with a full traceability system. Farmer names, contacts and individual farm coordinates remain internal at all times.
What we do
Practical services, delivered close to the farm.
Six service areas that connect farmers to knowledge, inputs, data and markets.
Programmes
Work that reaches farms and households.
Child Protection
CLMRS
Child Labour Monitoring and Remediation System across member societies.
Ongoing
Health & Wellbeing
ELUCID — M’apomuden hia
Tony’s “M’apomuden hia” supports healthcare access for our cocoa farmers and their families, including help with health insurance and essential healthcare services.
Ongoing
Productivity
Productivity & Environmental Sustainability
Farm productivity, climate resilience and environmental sustainability.
Ongoing
Governance
Strong Coop
Governance and cooperative strengthening.
Ongoing
Traceability
Traceability
Farmer registration, farm mapping, monitoring and supply-chain traceability.
Ongoing
Women & Youth
Women & Youth
Enterprise development, participation and livelihood opportunities.
Ongoing
Impact
Measuring what matters.
We publish aggregate figures only, and we mark what is still to be confirmed. Farmer personal data is never published.
1,371
Farmers
15
Primary societies
15
Communities
2,876
Hectares under cultivation
447
Women reached
287
Youth reached
1,453
Farms mapped
15,500
Trees planted
426
Children reached
Our business
Building farmer-owned enterprises beyond cocoa.
Four enterprise areas, each owned by members and built to keep more value in farming households.
Partners
We work with others to go further.
Every partnership listed here is verified by management before publication.
Agriterra
Development Partner
FAO
Development Partner
Tony's Open Chain
Buyer
Fairtrade Africa
Certification
Restor
Technical Partner
Stories
From our farms and communities.
From cocoa to cassava: Asetenapa's journey to food security and resilient livelihoods
Cassava diversification began as a conversation about income between cocoa seasons. In August 2025 it became a factory.
Meet Felix Tetteh: a Fairtrade cocoa farmer from Asetenapa
Felix Tetteh manages a two-acre farm in Ghana as a member of Asetenapa — and takes Fairtrade audiences onto his farm to explain where chocolate really comes from.
From chocolate to mushrooms — new horizons for young people in Ghana
A livelihood initiative involving young people and women looks beyond the cocoa farm for income and skills.
Asetenapa holds sixth annual general meeting
Members met in Nankese to review farm management, sustainability and the union's expansion plans.
Partnership
Let's grow something meaningful together.
We work with buyers, development partners, technical partners, researchers and community organisations. Tell us what you are looking for and we will respond with the people who can answer.