1879: Ghanaian Tetteh Quarshie brought a few cocoa seedlings from Fernando Po back home to Ghana which he planted on his farm in the small town of Mampong.

The conditions proved ideal for growing cocoa, and his crop was exported from the country two years later. This marked the beginning of a revolution in Ghana’s national economy. By 1911 Ghana was the world’s largest cocoa producer and remains the world’s second largest producer to this day.

You can visit Tetteh Quarshie’s farm and see Ghana’s first cocoa plant – it’s still alive 130 years later!

Cocoa is Ghana’s most important agricultural earner today.