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'''KOSAMA, short for Kooperative Kooperativa Sambirano Manongalaza, is a cooperative of smallholder cacao farmers since 2022along [[Sambirano]] in northwest Madagascar.'''
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The approximately 100 members follow tradition and all-organic cacao cultivation, fermentation and processing methods.
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KOSAMA's organically certified cacao beans are supplied to artisanal chocolatiers such as [[Éka Chocolate]] among other premium bean-to-bar chocolate producers.
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Alphonse, the President of the cooperative, has manages a 4h 4-hectare cacao planting area around KOSAMA's processing facility close . <HTML5video type="youtube">oVPef2BenJI</HTML5video> The cooperative welcomes visitors who would like to learn about cacao cultivation and production. [[File:KOSAMA 059.jpg|600px]] [[File:KOSAMA 028.jpg|600px]] The processing facility is located about 1km from the village of [[Ambohimena]] located between [[Ambanja]] and [[Ankify]]. Its members represent planting areas of about 100 hectares in the regions of Ambanja and [[SambiranoFile:KOSAMA 042.jpg|600px]] Since 2024, KOSAMA produces cacao powder at its facility in Ambohimena.
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'''KOSAMA'''<br>
''Kooperativa Sambirano Manongalaza''<br>
Ambohimena<br>
Madagascar