Western Region
A cacao growing region in Ghana.
Ghana
Ghana's largest cacao producing region, in the wetter south-west towards the Ivorian border. The industry's centre of gravity shifted here through the twentieth century as older plantings elsewhere aged.
- Country
- Ghana
Terroir
The wettest part of Ghana's forest belt, with higher rainfall than the central regions and correspondingly more disease pressure.
Flavour character
Not recorded.
Not applicable
Ghanaian cacao is bought, graded and blended centrally, so a regional flavour claim has nothing to attach to. The national description applies.
Other regions in Ghana
Related
Part of
- GhanaGhana's largest cacao producing region, in the wetter south-west towards the Ivorian border.
Varieties planted here
- AmelonadoDocumented as planted in this region, though plantings within a region are rarely uniform and material is frequently mixed. Western Region — Ghana's largest cacao producing region, in the wetter south-west towards the Ivorian border.
- ForasteroDocumented as planted in this region, though plantings within a region are rarely uniform and material is frequently mixed. Western Region — Ghana's largest cacao producing region, in the wetter south-west towards the Ivorian border.
Sources
- ChocolateHQ editorial synthesis — ChocolateHQ(citation identity confirmed; passage not re-read)