Most of the cocoa production worldwide comes from small farms where cocoa is family-grown, often on highly diversified and small plots known as agroforests. In the Dominican Republic, most cocoa is produced in such systems where undescribed cocoa cultivars are associated with more than 40 other plant species. These highly diversified and shaded cocoa orchards are the current strategy of a highly vulnerable and ageing population of local farmers with low income and poor education level. As most of the next generation of farmers has already fled to the cities or has found a job in the flourishing tourism sector, there is an urgent need for solutions to make cocoa production attractive again. Government's strategies for cocoa intensification t...
Cocoa production has long been considered as one of the main causes of forest cover degradation in t...
Cocoa production in West and Central Africa is low (200-700 kg/ha), as a result most cocoa farmers a...
Combining mixed trees with cocoa trees in so-called cocoa agroforestry systems is emerging as a viab...
Most of the cocoa production worldwide comes from small farms where cocoa is family-grown, often on ...
The specific diversification of cropping systems is often associated with progress in overall produc...
Farmers constantly adapt cropping systems to meet their needs. Cocoa farming is frequently associate...
Sustainability of the world cocoa production is more and more discussed in the humid tropics. Cocoa ...
The growing demand for cocoa beans and products worldwide has been met by expanding the area under c...
In order to meet growing demand for chocolate products, numerous initiatives have been launched over...
International audienceIn order to meet growing demand for chocolate products, numerous initiatives h...
Since the end of the 80s, cocoa growers in Cameroon have experienced a low level of income due, amon...
International audienceCocoa-based agroforestry systems (AFS) provide a variety of products, either s...
Cocoa is a tropical crop usually grown after forest clearance in the humid tropics, hence leading to...
This study has assessed the ecological sustainability of cocoa production systems in Côte d'Ivoire. ...
Agroforestry techniques as they have been mastered worldwide by small farmers in the humid tropics a...
Cocoa production has long been considered as one of the main causes of forest cover degradation in t...
Cocoa production in West and Central Africa is low (200-700 kg/ha), as a result most cocoa farmers a...
Combining mixed trees with cocoa trees in so-called cocoa agroforestry systems is emerging as a viab...
Most of the cocoa production worldwide comes from small farms where cocoa is family-grown, often on ...
The specific diversification of cropping systems is often associated with progress in overall produc...
Farmers constantly adapt cropping systems to meet their needs. Cocoa farming is frequently associate...
Sustainability of the world cocoa production is more and more discussed in the humid tropics. Cocoa ...
The growing demand for cocoa beans and products worldwide has been met by expanding the area under c...
In order to meet growing demand for chocolate products, numerous initiatives have been launched over...
International audienceIn order to meet growing demand for chocolate products, numerous initiatives h...
Since the end of the 80s, cocoa growers in Cameroon have experienced a low level of income due, amon...
International audienceCocoa-based agroforestry systems (AFS) provide a variety of products, either s...
Cocoa is a tropical crop usually grown after forest clearance in the humid tropics, hence leading to...
This study has assessed the ecological sustainability of cocoa production systems in Côte d'Ivoire. ...
Agroforestry techniques as they have been mastered worldwide by small farmers in the humid tropics a...
Cocoa production has long been considered as one of the main causes of forest cover degradation in t...
Cocoa production in West and Central Africa is low (200-700 kg/ha), as a result most cocoa farmers a...
Combining mixed trees with cocoa trees in so-called cocoa agroforestry systems is emerging as a viab...