可可之乡加纳是举世闻名的可可之乡,种植可可已有一百年的历史了。“可可”这一作物的名称原意是“神的食品”。追溯起来,可可树最早生长在南美亚马孙河流域,后来被引进西非的圣多美和费尔南多波岛。一八七九年,加纳铁匠特特·夸谢从费尔南多波岛带回六颗可可种子,栽种在离首都阿克拉二十多英里的地方。由于加纳南部气候湿热,适应可可生长,年复一年,可可便逐渐繁殖起来。从本世纪二十年代开始,加纳在很长的时间里曾是世界上最大的可可生产国和出口国。可可被称为“绿色的金子”。它在加纳经济中具有举足轻重的地位。可可出口通常占加纳每年出口外汇总收入的百分之六十五,可可出口税占政府每年财政收入的百分之三十。加纳约三分之一的人口 Cocoa town Ghana is the world-famous hometown of cocoa, cocoa cultivation has been a hundred years of history. The name “cocoa” is the original meaning of “God’s food.” Tracing back, cacao tree was first grown in the Amazon basin of South America and was later introduced into Sao Tome and Fernando Island in West Africa. In 1879, Ghanaian smith Teuthuwa brought six cacao seeds back from Fernando Island and planted them over twenty miles from Accra, the capital. Year after year, cocoa has gradually multiplied due to the humid and hot climates in southern Ghana and its adaptation to cocoa growth. Since the 1920s, Ghana has been the world’s largest producer and exporter of cocoa for a long time. Cocoa is called “green gold.” It plays a pivotal role in the economy of Ghana. Exports of cocoa normally account for 65% of the total annual foreign exchange earnings exported by Ghana and cocoa export taxes account for 30% of the annual revenue of the government. About a third of Ghana’s population