As part of their 6th anniversary celebration, the ladies club of the Cocoa Marketing Company (CMC) in Accra, Tema and Takoradi paid a visit to Tetteh Quarshie Cocoa Farm and the Jubilee Cocoa Farm both at Mampong Akuapim in the Eastern Region.
At Tetteh Qarshie Cocoa Farm which was established in 1879 by Tetteh Quarshie, the first Ghanaian cocoa farmer, they were taken through the various processes that cocoa beans go through before been manufactured into chocolate and the various uses of the beans by Mr. Theophilus Obuobi, the caretaker.
Enumerating some of the problems facing the farm, Mr. Oboubi called for proper fencing of the farm in order to ward off stray animals from trampling on young cocoa trees and also the building of a statute of Tetteh Quarshie on the farm.
At the six-acre Jubilee Cocoa Farm, which was estsblished last year as part of the nation's Golden Jubilee celebrations, the executives of the club planted two cocoa trees in the name of the Club.
Mrs. Carolyne Addy-Lamptey, National President of the Ladies Club, noted that the various clubs decided to embark on the trip together in order to familiarize themselves with each other and also exchange knowledge.
"As career women we should not only be concerned with our work and our homes, but also what goes on around us and also education of each other on what goes on at our various departments," she added.
She mentioned lack of commitment on the part of the women to activities of the club as the major problems facing the club.