 A cocoa tree, planted on the Tetteh Quarshie cocoa farm, by Tetteh Quarshie in 1879 | |
| Established | 1879 |
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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]
- ^ "CRIG - Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana". www.crig.org.gh. Retrieved 2024-10-19.
- ^ Alex B. Aside and Tometi K. Gbedema (2011). "The nexus between agriculture and tourism in Ghana". In Janet Henshall Momsen, Rebecca Maria Torres (ed.). Tourism and Agriculture: New Geographies of Consumption, Production and Rural Restructuring. Taylor & Francis. p. 33-36. ISBN 9781136849237.
- ^ Edmund Smith (1 September 2014). "'Give Tetteh Quarshie a more befitting memorial'". Daily Graphic. p. 53.
- ^ "How Ghana's oldest cocoa farm is being stolen". GhanaWeb. 11 February 2020. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
- ^ A. Kofoyo-Tetteh (8 October 2005). "Tetteh Quarshie's cocoa farm to become tourist facility". Daily Graphic. p. 27.