Cocoa trees were introduced here quite some time ago but now Ghana is one of the biggest producers of cocoa beans and apparently it is really good cocoa.
The little flowers on the branches and tree trunk will each produce a pod. It gets fairly big and when it turns yellow they cut them off and make a pile on the ground. After they have sat for a bit they open the pods and let the beans ferment for 2 or 3 days and then they take them out and put them on drying racks in the sun. They then must sell only to a certain place and the price they get is set by a gov't. board.
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