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How much do farmers get paid for selling cocoa beans?
£28.78 On Average
How much do farmers get paid for selling cocoa beans to fair trade?
£100
How much money does cocoa farmers get?
£50 pound a year Ryan raeburn p6b
Why do cocoa farmers not know how much there going to be paid?
Because market values fluctuate.
How much do cacao farmers receive for growing chocolate?
Cocoa farmers are some of the poorest people in the world and many of them earn on average about £50 a year.
How much money do farmers get weekly?
dairy farmers earn approximatley $3150 a week
How many cocoa farmers are there in Ghana?
lots
How much money do fairtrade farmers get paid?
£30 a week
Why is fair trade such a hot topic at the moment?
Nowadays, people are very concerned about others and the environment. Fair Trade cocoa helps the cocoa farmers and the environment. The farmers get paid fairly for their cocoa with fair trade. Also, because they get paid more, they can leave the cocoa in its natural habitat, where it grows better. When they do that, they will not cut down forests or use as much fertilizer or pesticides (Helping the environment).
What is life like for cocoa farmers in Ghana?
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What do cocoa farmers eat?
Cocoa farmers' live hard lives. Their average income, earned per year is £160. Despite growing much of their own food, they need money to pay for many essentials such as inputs for their farms, school fees, medicine, doctor's fees, transport and clothes. Cocoa farmers face a number of other problems too:•The price of cocoa on the world market continues to fluctuate up and down. •No long-term security, and in some situations, some can't even cover farming costs. •Farmers often only receive a fraction of the price their beans sell for on the world market because there are several people in the trading chain. In the early 90's, cocoa farmers were getting less than half of what international buyers were paying. •Farmers need to buy things due to they can't make or grow themselves, such as tools, fertilisers and pesticides, medicine, food and clothes, are expensive. •Farmers are often paid by local cocoa buyers using cheques or vouchers, which the farmers then can't cash, or which bounce. •Farmers are often underpaid by local cocoa buyers using 'fixed' scales, set to show a lower reading than the actual weight of their cocoa beans. •Even in hard times, it is difficult for farmers to switch to other crops, which may take time to grow and need new farming skills.
How much cocoa does a farmer farm a day?
Itdependson the size of the farmers cocoa plantation and how many trees he owns. It also depends on weather conditions and whether the trees are protected from bugs and fungi.
