Can Agroforestry Provide a Future for Cocoa? Implications for Policy and Practice
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Can Agroforestry Provide a Future for Cocoa? Implications for Policy and Practice. / Olwig, Mette Fog; Asare, Richard; Vaast, Philippe; Bosselmann, Aske Skovmand.
Agroforestry as Climate Change Adaptation: The Case of Cocoa Farming in Ghana. ed. / Mette Fog Olwig; Aske Skovmand Bosselmann; Kwadwo Owusu. Palgrave Macmillan, 2023. p. 147-166.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Can Agroforestry Provide a Future for Cocoa?
T2 - Implications for Policy and Practice
AU - Olwig, Mette Fog
AU - Asare, Richard
AU - Vaast, Philippe
AU - Bosselmann, Aske Skovmand
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Climate change is threatening cocoa production in Ghana, the world’s second largest cocoa exporter. Yet, as we have shown in this book, the impacts of climate change must be understood in the context of the multiple socioeconomic and biophysical pressures facing cocoa farmers,including the conversion of farms for other land uses, increasing hired labor costs as well as pests and diseases. This final chapter summarizes the book’s overall findings on cocoa agroforestry as climate change adaption and points to ways forward in terms of policy, practice and research. Our findings suggest that a nuanced view of farmers, agroecosystems and sites is necessary and emphasize the need to study shade tree species and species diversity, in addition to shade levels, to optimize the sustainability of cocoa farming. We further suggest that it may not be possible to sustainably grow cocoa in marginal regions of the cocoa belt, where yields are lower and where agroforestry may be unable to mitigate the negative impacts of the adverse climate. Finally, we point to the importance of considering rights and access to trees, land, extension services and resources, and call for more multidisciplinary research on differently situated farmers’ opportunities and needs.
AB - Climate change is threatening cocoa production in Ghana, the world’s second largest cocoa exporter. Yet, as we have shown in this book, the impacts of climate change must be understood in the context of the multiple socioeconomic and biophysical pressures facing cocoa farmers,including the conversion of farms for other land uses, increasing hired labor costs as well as pests and diseases. This final chapter summarizes the book’s overall findings on cocoa agroforestry as climate change adaption and points to ways forward in terms of policy, practice and research. Our findings suggest that a nuanced view of farmers, agroecosystems and sites is necessary and emphasize the need to study shade tree species and species diversity, in addition to shade levels, to optimize the sustainability of cocoa farming. We further suggest that it may not be possible to sustainably grow cocoa in marginal regions of the cocoa belt, where yields are lower and where agroforestry may be unable to mitigate the negative impacts of the adverse climate. Finally, we point to the importance of considering rights and access to trees, land, extension services and resources, and call for more multidisciplinary research on differently situated farmers’ opportunities and needs.
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-031-45635-0_6
DO - 10.1007/978-3-031-45635-0_6
M3 - Book chapter
SN - 978-3-031-45634-3
SP - 147
EP - 166
BT - Agroforestry as Climate Change Adaptation
A2 - Olwig, Mette Fog
A2 - Bosselmann, Aske Skovmand
A2 - Owusu, Kwadwo
PB - Palgrave Macmillan
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