The response was similar across 17 tree species studied

Optimisation of productivity costs and ecological benefits of shade cocoa farming uncovered

Atlas shows predicted effects of climate change on important agroforestry species in Central America

Policies needed that address growing domestic and international markets

A new study is looking at whether this concept is environmentally and economically viable

Monocultures profitable but threaten ecosystem functioning

First study to show canopy cover-dependent effects

Spatio-temporal variability of soil fertility and cocoa pod borer (CPB) infestation rate provides strategic information about the soil nutrients and CPB population densities at different harvest intervals. This enables the transitioning of cocoa fields (cooca-gliricidia and cocoa-coconut) from...

Agroforestry systems (AFS) are gaining major interest in cocoa producing countries. However, the analysis of competition effects in multispecific complex agricultural systems remains a key lock-in preventing both (i) a thorough understanding of resource partitioning, and (ii) the co-design of...

Policy responses to balance the trade-offs between nature conservation and socioeconomic development have recently come to the fore in Ghana - the world's second largest producer of cocoa. In 2019, the Government of Ghana introduced the Living Income Differential (LID), which requires buyers to pay ...