Sustainable intensification of cocoa systems should embrace, among others, poverty
alleviation and climate change policies. Using data from 710 households in Ghana, we …

Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) aims to transform and reorient farming systems to decrease
greenhouse gas emissions, boost adaptive capacity, and improve productivity while …

Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire are the world's two largest cocoa producing nations, accounting for
60% of global supply. In both countries, cocoa contributes significantly to their economies …

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 …

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 …

Cocoa yields in Ghana remain low. This has variously been attributed to low rates of fertilizer
application, pollinator limitation, and particularly dry growing conditions. In this paper we use …

Research published in this special issue on cocoa agroforestry illustrates the multifunctional
role of shade trees for sustaining cocoa production and improving farmers' livelihoods, and …

Cocoa farming plays a critical economic and social role in Ghana. Cocoa is the country's
second most important export and provides income to a large segment of the Ghanaian …

Cocoa farming has been a major driver of deforestation in West Africa, notably in Côte
d'Ivoire, the world's leading cocoa producer. Cocoa has been a “pioneer crop” that was …

This study investigates the knowledge and perception of smallholder cocoa farmers on the
potential impacts of climate change on cocoa production in Ghana. It addresses opinions on …