{"id":464234,"date":"2018-02-14T10:14:27","date_gmt":"2018-02-14T10:14:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/14\/government-to-build-museum-in-honour-of-tetteh-quarshie\/"},"modified":"2018-02-14T10:14:27","modified_gmt":"2018-02-14T10:14:27","slug":"government-to-build-museum-in-honour-of-tetteh-quarshie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/14\/government-to-build-museum-in-honour-of-tetteh-quarshie\/","title":{"rendered":"Government to build museum in honour of Tetteh Quarshie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Wednesday, 14 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Myjoyonline.com <\/p>\n<p>2018-02-14<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/92921347.295.jpg\" alt=\"Tetteh Museum\" title=\"Tetteh Museum\" width=\"295\" height=\"163\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Catherine Afeku broke grounds for the commencement of the $3m project at Akuapem-Mampong<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125817929577\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817929577\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1518603267_112_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Government will soon begin the construction of a befitting museum in honour of the late Tetteh Quarshie, the man who brought cocoa to Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>The establishment of the Cocoa museum is in line with the vision of the government to promote local consumption of cocoa.<\/p>\n<p>Tourism and Creative Arts minister, Catherine Afeku who broke grounds for the commencement of the $3m dollar project at Akuapem-Mampong in the Eastern Region said the project will increase the contribution of the golden tree to the country\u2019s Gross Domestic Product (GDP).<\/p>\n<p>The groundbreaking ceremony held Tuesday is just a curtain raiser for the celebration of the world chocolate day tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p><b>Background<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The Ghanaian Agriculturist, Tetteh Quarshie who was born in 1843 was the person directly responsible for the introduction of cocoa crops to Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>Then a blacksmith, he travelled to the island of Fernando Po in Equatorial Guinea in 1870 and returned to Ghana in 1876 with the crop.<\/p>\n<p>Today, the crop constitutes one of the major export crops and a major foreign exchange earner for the country.<\/p>\n<p>Apart from its nutritional values and health benefits, the commodity has many uses, including, soap making, alcoholic beverages among others.<\/p>\n<p><b>Recognition<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Despite Tetteh Qusrshie&#8217;s selfless contribution to the history of the country, not much has been done in his honour.<\/p>\n<p>Tourism and Creative Arts minister, Catherine Afeku says Ghana cannot pride itself to be a major exporter of cocoa if it doesn&#8217;t honour the man who first introduced the cocoa crop in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Leeford Quarshie, a great-grandson of the late Tetteh Quarshie said the family has set up a fund to immortalize the achievements of Tetteh Quarshie.<\/p>\n<p>The museum when completed will have Tetteh Quarshie Cocoa Farm, where tourists will see a live demonstration of the actual planting of the seeds, the agronomical practices of the farmer, the harvesting and drying of the seeds.<\/p>\n<p>The next level will be a walk-through experience of the various stages of cocoa processing where the bean is processed into raw cocoa powder.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 39 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 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