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Tetteh Quarshie Cocoa Farm

The farm at Mampong where Ghana's cocoa story began in the 1870s.

Tetteh Quarshie Cocoa Farm, One of the original trees, planted 1879
Photo: Obruni, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

About Tetteh Quarshie Cocoa Farm

Tetteh Quarshie is credited with bringing cocoa to the Gold Coast in the 1870s and planting the first farm at Mampong-Akuapem. Ghana went on to become one of the world's biggest cocoa producers. Guides tell the story among the cocoa trees.

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