Tetteh Quarshie cocoa farm explained

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Tetteh Quarshie cocoa farm
Established:1879
Location:Akuapim-Mampong, Ghana

The Tetteh Quarshie cocoa farm, also known as the Ecomuseum of Cocoa, is the founding cocoa farm in Ghana. It is located in Akuapim-Mampong around 58km from Accra. Tetteh Quarshie established the farm in 1879 using seeds brought back from Bioko, Equatorial Guinea.[2] Three trees planted by Quarshie remain at the farm.[3] The farm is currently around one acre in size,[4] and is managed by the Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: CRIG - Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana . 2024-10-19 . www.crig.org.gh.
  2. Book: https://books.google.com/books?id=J77uu_36jdEC&dq=Ecomuseum+of+Cocoa&pg=PA33. 33-36. Tourism and Agriculture: New Geographies of Consumption, Production and Rural Restructuring. Janet Henshall Momsen, Rebecca Maria Torres. Taylor & Francis. 2011. The nexus between agriculture and tourism in Ghana. Alex B. Aside and Tometi K. Gbedema. 9781136849237 .
  3. News: 'Give Tetteh Quarshie a more befitting memorial'. 53 . . 1 September 2014 . Edmund Smith .
  4. Web site: How Ghana's oldest cocoa farm is being stolen . . 11 February 2020 . 21 April 2023.
  5. News: Tetteh Quarshie's cocoa farm to become tourist facility . 27 . . 8 October 2005 . A. Kofoyo-Tetteh.

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