Virtual Transect of a Cocoa Farm
near Bayerebon, Ghana
This is one of the many family run farms
that sells cocoa beans to Kuapa Kokoo, the
Cocoa Co-operative that supplies Fair Trade
cocoa for Divine and Dubble chocolate bars.

You are looking west
south north
In the distance is a pile of cocoa pods, The mound of ash in the foreground
east
ready to be broken open for the beans is from burning empty cocoa pods.
to be removed. This ash is used to make soap.

You are looking north
west east
south

You are looking east
north south
Cocoa beans are left suspended
west to dry in the sun.

You are looking south
east west
Cocoa beans are left suspended
north to dry in the sun.

You are looking west
south north
east

You are looking north
west east
south

You are looking east
north south
west

You are looking south
east west
north

You are looking west
south north
east

You are looking north
west east
south

You are looking east
north south
west

You are looking south
east west
north

You are looking west
south north
Cocoa trees.
east

You are looking north
west east
south

You are looking east
north south
Used for soap, vegetable oil and wine, Cocoa pods ripen on a Cocoa
west
oil Palms fill the background. tree in the foreground.

You are looking south
east west
north

Virtual Transect by
Langtree Geographers