Managing insect services and disservices in cocoa agroforestry systems

CF Ambele, HDB Bisseleua, CTL Djuideu… - Agroforestry Systems, 2023 - Springer
Ecological role of insects in cocoa agroforestry systems is a key component of biodiversity
that generally underlines what insects do in cocoa agroforestry systems. Although insects …

[HTML][HTML] Detecting cocoa plantations in Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana and their implications on protected areas

IO Abu, Z Szantoi, A Brink, M Robuchon, M Thiel - Ecological indicators, 2021 - Elsevier
Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana are the largest producers of cocoa in the world. In recent decades
the cultivation of this crop has led to the loss of vast tracts of forest areas in both countries …

Tree diversity and its ecological importance value in organic and conventional cocoa agroforests in Ghana

M Asigbaase, S Sjogersten, BH Lomax, E Dawoe - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Cocoa agroforestry systems have the potential to conserve biodiversity and provide
environmental or ecological benefits at various nested scales ranging from the plot to …

[BOOK][B] Cocoa and coffee fermentations

RF Schwan, GH Fleet - 2014 - books.google.com
This is the first book to focus on the scientific principles underlying the fermentation
processes of cocoa and coffee beans and their impact on product quality and safety. The text …

[HTML][HTML] Ecological changes induced by full-sun cocoa farming in Côte d'Ivoire

JE Tondoh, FN Kouamé, AM Guéi, B Sey… - Global Ecology and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Full-sun cocoa farming is currently the most widespread cocoa cultivation system in humid
and sub-humid Côte d'Ivoire. Higher short-term yields from increasing surfaces under …

The use of farmers' knowledge in coffee agroforestry management: implications for the conservation of tree biodiversity

V Valencia, P West, EJ Sterling, L García-Barrios… - …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
In agroforestry systems, the survival of shade trees is often the result of farmers' deliberate
selection. Therefore, how communities generate knowledge and apply it to resource …

Management strategies for maximizing carbon storage and tree species diversity in cocoa-growing landscapes

ASI Wade, A Asase, P Hadley, J Mason… - Agriculture, ecosystems …, 2010 - Elsevier
How do we manage the trade-offs between agricultural yields, biodiversity and ecosystem
services? One option is to adopt high yield, intensive farming that allows land to be spared …

The role of complex agroforestry systems in the conservation of forest tree diversity and structure in southeastern Ghana

A Asase, DA Tetteh - Agroforestry systems, 2010 - Springer
The role of different agroforestry systems in the conservation of plant diversity and forest
structure has not been directly compared in many agricultural dominated landscapes. In this …

Cocoa–timber agroforestry systems: Theobroma cacaoCordia alliodora in Central America

E Somarriba, A Suárez-Islas, W Calero-Borge… - Agroforestry …, 2014 - Springer
Cocoa–timber systems have been proposed as viable alternative for simultaneously
satisfying the livelihood needs of the farmers (in terms of production of cocoa and other …

Conservation of tree species of late succession and conservation concern in coffee agroforestry systems

V Valencia, S Naeem, L García-Barrios, P West… - Agriculture, ecosystems …, 2016 - Elsevier
Shade-grown, montane coffee agroforestry systems have the potential to conserve native
tree species of conservation concern (CC) and typical of old growth or late succession (LS) …