From mixed lots to a single-origin container
Box fermentation and one drying discipline turned a mixed-grade harvest into 120 MT of Grade I that shipped as one lot.
+41%farmgate price per kg
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Nimba Highlands Cocoa Cooperative
County cooperativeSanniquellie · Nimba County
1,240 growers on the Nimba highlands, one fermentation discipline.
The largest cooperative in the cluster, organising 1,240 smallholders across the Sanniquellie highlands. Central fermentation since 2022, full farmer registry, and lot-coded deliveries to exporters in Monrovia. Rainforest Alliance group certification in force; EUDR plot mapping at 84%.
- farmers
- 1,240
- farmers
- MT capacity / yr
- 900
- MT capacity / yr
- cooperatives in Nimba
- 3
- cooperatives in Nimba
Who runs it
The executive committee
Elected officers of Nimba Highlands Cocoa Cooperative. Reach any of them directly - a cooperative is people, and these are the people.
Joseph Suah
General Manager
Twelve years buying and grading in the Sanniquellie corridor before the members elected him to run the union.
Ma Gormah Dolo
Chairlady
Farms four hectares at Gbapa and chairs the fermentation committee.
Emmanuel Kollie
Treasurer
Keeps the member ledger and runs the weekly cash-out at the buying centre.
Grace Tokpah
Traceability Officer
Maps plots and holds the lot codes that go on every export document.
On film
Inside the Sanniquellie fermentary
What changed
Success stories
What working as one cooperative has actually done for the members of Nimba Highlands Cocoa Cooperative.
In their words
Members and buyers on Nimba Highlands Cocoa Cooperative
They lot-code everything. When my buyer in Antwerp asks which farm a bag came from, I can answer the same day.
Before the union I sold to whoever came to the village with cash. Now I know the grade before I sell, and I know the price before I carry.
From the store
Products & services
Everything Nimba Highlands Cocoa Cooperative sells or offers, listed on the cluster catalogue.
Open right now
On the marketplace
Live buy and sell listings Nimba Highlands Cocoa Cooperative has posted to the cluster's B2B board.
Ways in
Opportunities at this cooperative
Tenders, trainings, grants and partnerships open through Nimba Highlands Cocoa Cooperative.
Nothing open here right now - the cluster board carries opportunities from every member.
The rest of the cluster
2 other cooperatives in Nimba, and the rest of the belt below.