The Role of Innovation in Sustainable Cocoa Cultivation: Moving Beyond Mitigation and Adaptation

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

Standard

The Role of Innovation in Sustainable Cocoa Cultivation : Moving Beyond Mitigation and Adaptation. / Boadi, Sylvester Afram; Olwig, Mette Fog; Asare, Richard; Bosselmann, Aske Skovmand; Owusu, Kwadwo.

Climate Induced Innovation: Mitigation and Adaptation to Climate Change. ed. / Manuela Coromaldi; Sabrina Auci. Palgrave Macmillan, 2022. p. 47-80.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

Harvard

Boadi, SA, Olwig, MF, Asare, R, Bosselmann, AS & Owusu, K 2022, The Role of Innovation in Sustainable Cocoa Cultivation: Moving Beyond Mitigation and Adaptation. in M Coromaldi & S Auci (eds), Climate Induced Innovation: Mitigation and Adaptation to Climate Change. Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 47-80. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-01330-0_3

APA

Boadi, S. A., Olwig, M. F., Asare, R., Bosselmann, A. S., & Owusu, K. (2022). The Role of Innovation in Sustainable Cocoa Cultivation: Moving Beyond Mitigation and Adaptation. In M. Coromaldi, & S. Auci (Eds.), Climate Induced Innovation: Mitigation and Adaptation to Climate Change (pp. 47-80). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-01330-0_3

Vancouver

Boadi SA, Olwig MF, Asare R, Bosselmann AS, Owusu K. The Role of Innovation in Sustainable Cocoa Cultivation: Moving Beyond Mitigation and Adaptation. In Coromaldi M, Auci S, editors, Climate Induced Innovation: Mitigation and Adaptation to Climate Change. Palgrave Macmillan. 2022. p. 47-80 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-01330-0_3

Author

Boadi, Sylvester Afram ; Olwig, Mette Fog ; Asare, Richard ; Bosselmann, Aske Skovmand ; Owusu, Kwadwo. / The Role of Innovation in Sustainable Cocoa Cultivation : Moving Beyond Mitigation and Adaptation. Climate Induced Innovation: Mitigation and Adaptation to Climate Change. editor / Manuela Coromaldi ; Sabrina Auci. Palgrave Macmillan, 2022. pp. 47-80

Bibtex

@inbook{7315cf0ab6d24096aca1a67892434da2,
title = "The Role of Innovation in Sustainable Cocoa Cultivation: Moving Beyond Mitigation and Adaptation",
abstract = "Cocoa cultivation is both severely threatened by climate change and a potential contributor to climate change through deforestation. Based on a review of the literature and secondary documents, as well as field observations and interviews, this chapter examines different innovations in Ghana{\textquoteright}s cocoa sector, the ways in which they aim to address sustainable cocoa cultivation, and the challenges to their adoption. We find that cocoa farmers are generally open to innovation and new technology. Yet, while farmers respond positively to certain innovations, they do not fully adopt others. This uneven adoption, we argue, is not just a result of limited resources or poor extension services but stems from a failure to address the multiple challenges farmers face when introducing new innovations, including insecure land-use rights, youth disinterest, migration, and seemingly lucrative alternative land use. While promising innovations, such as agroforestry and smartphone applications for agricultural service delivery and training, are currently being implemented, such innovations, we conclude, will only lead to sustainable cocoa cultivation if these broader challenges are addressed, thereby moving beyond a narrower concern with yields and climate change mitigation and adaptation.",
keywords = "Faculty of Science, agricultural innovation, cocoa systems, Sustainable agriculture, Mitigation, Adaptation, Climate change",
author = "Boadi, {Sylvester Afram} and Olwig, {Mette Fog} and Richard Asare and Bosselmann, {Aske Skovmand} and Kwadwo Owusu",
year = "2022",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-031-01330-0_3",
language = "English",
isbn = "978-3-031-01329-4",
pages = "47--80",
editor = "Manuela Coromaldi and Sabrina Auci",
booktitle = "Climate Induced Innovation",
publisher = "Palgrave Macmillan",
address = "United Kingdom",

}

RIS

TY - CHAP

T1 - The Role of Innovation in Sustainable Cocoa Cultivation

T2 - Moving Beyond Mitigation and Adaptation

AU - Boadi, Sylvester Afram

AU - Olwig, Mette Fog

AU - Asare, Richard

AU - Bosselmann, Aske Skovmand

AU - Owusu, Kwadwo

PY - 2022

Y1 - 2022

N2 - Cocoa cultivation is both severely threatened by climate change and a potential contributor to climate change through deforestation. Based on a review of the literature and secondary documents, as well as field observations and interviews, this chapter examines different innovations in Ghana’s cocoa sector, the ways in which they aim to address sustainable cocoa cultivation, and the challenges to their adoption. We find that cocoa farmers are generally open to innovation and new technology. Yet, while farmers respond positively to certain innovations, they do not fully adopt others. This uneven adoption, we argue, is not just a result of limited resources or poor extension services but stems from a failure to address the multiple challenges farmers face when introducing new innovations, including insecure land-use rights, youth disinterest, migration, and seemingly lucrative alternative land use. While promising innovations, such as agroforestry and smartphone applications for agricultural service delivery and training, are currently being implemented, such innovations, we conclude, will only lead to sustainable cocoa cultivation if these broader challenges are addressed, thereby moving beyond a narrower concern with yields and climate change mitigation and adaptation.

AB - Cocoa cultivation is both severely threatened by climate change and a potential contributor to climate change through deforestation. Based on a review of the literature and secondary documents, as well as field observations and interviews, this chapter examines different innovations in Ghana’s cocoa sector, the ways in which they aim to address sustainable cocoa cultivation, and the challenges to their adoption. We find that cocoa farmers are generally open to innovation and new technology. Yet, while farmers respond positively to certain innovations, they do not fully adopt others. This uneven adoption, we argue, is not just a result of limited resources or poor extension services but stems from a failure to address the multiple challenges farmers face when introducing new innovations, including insecure land-use rights, youth disinterest, migration, and seemingly lucrative alternative land use. While promising innovations, such as agroforestry and smartphone applications for agricultural service delivery and training, are currently being implemented, such innovations, we conclude, will only lead to sustainable cocoa cultivation if these broader challenges are addressed, thereby moving beyond a narrower concern with yields and climate change mitigation and adaptation.

KW - Faculty of Science

KW - agricultural innovation

KW - cocoa systems

KW - Sustainable agriculture

KW - Mitigation

KW - Adaptation

KW - Climate change

U2 - 10.1007/978-3-031-01330-0_3

DO - 10.1007/978-3-031-01330-0_3

M3 - Book chapter

SN - 978-3-031-01329-4

SP - 47

EP - 80

BT - Climate Induced Innovation

A2 - Coromaldi, Manuela

A2 - Auci, Sabrina

PB - Palgrave Macmillan

ER -

ID: 318445617