Pre harvest visit in Benin

The harvest season starts soon and raw cashew nuts are already falling from the trees.
The harvest season starts soon and raw cashew nuts are already falling from the trees.
For the second time this year I went to Lomé. This time the stay was much shorter and it is a crucial time since it is right at the beginning of the cocoa and soya harvest.
It has been two months that I’m now working for Gebana. After my first Togo trip I spent a month in the office in Zurich and I’m now flying back from Cotonou, Benin.
What an adventure! On my first working day at gebana I took a plane to Lome, Togo.
I am Michael Stamm, 31 years old, born in Geneva, Switzerland. I newly work for gebana and during my first weeks here I will travel to all the gebanas in West Africa. I'm glad to share my experiences with you!
As inspiration for using nutritious bananas, we would like to give you a recipe for a delicious banana fruit smoothie.
Founding a cocoa cooperative and gebana Togo comes with major challenges for both the farmers and gebana. But it’s worth it: the quantity of exclusive organic and fair-trade cocoa from Togo is continuously growing.
Delicious Tunisian dates will soon be ripe. As inspiration for using these nutritious fruits, we would like to give you a recipe for a tasty date and carrot salad.
The cashew growers are making the most of the skyrocketing cashew prices that have come about as a result of demand from Asia, and are selling to the highest bidders — in spite of their contracts with gebana. What do the farmers themselves say about this?
The cashew harvest began in February as it always does, but it soon became apparent that everything would be different this time.