Ghana's cocoa region
This map shows Ghana’s cocoa growing region. But can you also see Takoradi and Tema? These are the ports from which cocoa is shipped.
Ghana has around 720,000 cocoa farmers. The cocoa is grown on small family farms. Most are about two or three hectares (or about the size of three or four football pitches).
The cocoa grows on coco trees, otherwise known as cocoa trees, planted in the shade of taller rainforest trees.
Cocoa is a cash crop, grown to sell, not to eat. So the farmers will also grow some food crops, such as yam, plantain and cassava, to feed their families.
