The 80s is a film that depicts the virtues and vices inherent in the cocoa industry in Ghana.
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- THE FILM, THE 80’sThe 80s is a film that depicts the virtues and vices inherent in the cocoa industry in Ghana. It traces the origins of the crop from Tetteh Quarshie, who first brought the cocoa seeds from Fernando Po, Equatorial Guinea, to Ghana over a century and half ago. The Golden Pod, the agricultural contemporary of Ghana’s mineral resources was divinely gifted to Tetteh Quarshie to salvage the then Gold Coast from poverty, deprivation and squalor.The cocoa industry is one of the few sectors that have served as the economic backbone of the nation for well over one-and-a half centuries. The impact of the industry has sustained the agriculture sector and given the nation the pride of place in the external market of the product. From the time Tetteh Quarshie brought the cocoa beans to Ghana, the Golden Pod has helped to build and sustain families, communities and institutions on their sweat.The rationale for this project is to promote to the Ghanaian that Cocoa is a great gift to the nation and should be seen as such, and it’s growers given due respectThe 80s posits the question of smuggling in the cocoa industry, especially from the 1980s; whether the cocoa farmer can be justifiably charged with the offence for appropriating the end product of his toil and labour. It recounts the hard work of the Ghanaian farmer through the nursing of the precious seedlings; transplanting and painstakingly weeding to ensure its healthy growth; fighting attendant diseases - swollen shoots and the likes, as well as the occasional ravages of fire and perilous floods. In all, the cocoa farmer is assisted by the children, relatives and other dependents in the nurturing, the growth, the harvesting and the drying of the Golden Pod all lasting over a period of 36 months.The question posed by the 80s is, what does the cocoa farmer; his family and relations benefit from all their toils and fights against sleepless nights, prickly thorns and thistles that antagonize their labour? The cocoa farmers lament their denial of basic amenities, resources and even rights to soar to prominence in education, politics and the social ladders! The roads to the farms are bad; the waters are polluted; the villages are denied of basic amenities including scholarships to their wards to further their education. Access to ready markets is a challenge due to bad and unmotorable roads. Then the hardships at selling, coupled with cheating at the hands of the Purchasing Clerks!!!The Film, The 80’sThe 80s is a film that depicts the virtues and vices inherent in the cocoa industry in Ghana. It traces the origins of the crop from Tetteh Quarshie, who first brought the cocoa seeds from Fernando Po, Equatorial Guinea, to Ghana over a century and half ago. The Golden Pod, the agricultural contemporary of Ghana’s mineral resources was divinely gifted to Tetteh Quarshie to salvage the then Gold Coast from poverty, deprivation and squalor.The cocoa industry is one of the few sectors that have served as the economic backbone of the nation for well over one-and-a half centuries. The impact of the industry has sustained the agriculture sector and given the nation the pride of place in the external market of the product. From the time Tetteh Quarshie brought the cocoa beans to Ghana, the Golden Pod has helped to build and sustain families, communities and institutions on their sweat.The rationale for this project is to promote to the Ghanaian that Cocoa is a great gift to the nation and should be seen as such, and it’s growers given due respectThe 80s posits the question of smuggling in the cocoa industry, especially from the 1980s; whether the cocoa farmer can be justifiably charged with the offence for appropriating the end product of his toil and labour. It recounts the hard work of the Ghanaian farmer through the nursing of the precious seedlings; transplanting and painstakingly weeding to ensure its healthy growth; fighting attendant diseases - swollen shoots and the likes, as well as the occasional ravages of fire and perilous floods. In all, the cocoa farmer is assisted by the children, relatives and other dependents in the nurturing, the growth, the harvesting and the drying of the Golden Pod all lasting over a period of 36 months.The question posed by the 80s is, what does the cocoa farmer; his family and relations benefit from all their toils and fights against sleepless nights, prickly thorns and thistles that antagonize their labour? The cocoa farmers lament their denial of basic amenities, resources and even rights to soar to prominence in education, politics and the social ladders! The roads to the farms are bad; the waters are polluted; the villages are denied of basic amenities including scholarships to their wards to further their education. Access to ready markets is a challenge due to bad and unmotorable roads. Then the hardships at selling, coupled with cheating at the hands of the Purchasing Clerks!!!
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