Structure of cocoa farming systems in West and Central Africa: a review

DJ Sonwa, SF Weise, G Schroth, MJJ Janssens… - Agroforestry …, 2019 - Springer
Cocoa agroforests are growing in importance with a view to meeting farmers' livelihood
goals as well as ecological services. Following the recognition of cocoa agroforests as being …

Preliminary estimation of above-ground carbon storage in cocoa agroforests of Bengamisa-Yangambi forest landscape (Democratic Republic of Congo)

G Batsi, DJ Sonwa, L Mangaza, J Ebuy… - Agroforestry Systems, 2021 - Springer
In the perspective of using cocoa as a response to climate change, a preliminary carbon
stock assessment was conducted in cocoa agroforests of the Bengamisa-Yangambi forest …

Impacts of shade trees on the adjacent cacao rhizosphere in a young diversified agroforestry system

JE Schmidt, A Firl, H Hamran, NI Imaniar, TM Crow… - Agronomy, 2022 - mdpi.com
Cacao agroforestry systems offer the potential to diversify farmer income sources, enhance
biodiversity, sequester carbon, and deliver other important ecosystem services. To date …

Rebuilding tree cover in deforested cocoa landscapes in Côte d'Ivoire: Factors affecting the choice of species planted

AR Atangana, JZ Gnangoh, AK Yao, TA Kouakou… - Forests, 2021 - mdpi.com
Intensive cocoa production in Côte d'Ivoire, the world's leading cocoa producer, has grown
at the expense of forest cover. To reverse this trend, the country has adopted a “zero …

Multistrata Agroforestry Systems: Spatial and Temporal Utilization of Resources for Higher Production and Better Income

A Keerthika, P Lakshmi, SB Chavan… - … Solutions for Climate …, 2024 - Springer
Multistrata agroforestry systems (MSAFs) are an important category of agroforestry systems
where the land is occupied by different strata of vegetation with unique characteristics …

[HTML][HTML] Integrating remote sensing and in-situ data to determine climate diversity and variability in cocoa systems in the provinces of Jaén and San Ignacio …

N Atalaya-Marin, M Goñas, D Tineo… - Trees, Forests and …, 2025 - Elsevier
The lack of information on the geographic distribution of cocoa systems, along with species
diversity and the influence of climatic factors on yields, presents challenges for the …

AMF Diversity in coffee and cacao agroforestry systems: Importance for crop productivity and forest conservation

M Lovera, G Cuenca, L Fajardo, A Cáceres… - Mycorrhizal Fungi in …, 2022 - Springer
Coffee and cacao are among the most widespread and economically important agroforestry
crops worldwide. Their traditional cultivation under a canopy of shade trees represents a …

Contribution des systèmes agroforestiers à base de cacaoyers à la dynamique des savanes périforestières sur le confluent Mbam-Sanaga au Centre Cameroun

FM Touoyem - 2022 - hal.science
La zone de contact forêt-savane du Centre Cameroun fait face depuis près d'un siècle à une
expansion de la cacaoculture. L'objectif de ce travail est de présenter les caractéristiques et …

Agroforestería para la conservación de la biodiversidad en América Latina.: una revisión sistemática

CEV González, B Lojka… - Revista de Investigación y …, 2024 - revistas.url.edu.gt
En los últimos años, la investigación vinculada a la agroforestería ha evidenciado el aporte
de esta ciencia a la conservación de los ecosistemas, la diversificación productiva y el …

[PDF][PDF] Denis J. Sonwa, Stephan F. Weise, Götz Schroth, Marc JJ Janssens & Howard

Y Shapiro - academia.edu
Cocoa production in humid forest landscapes has been one of the main cash providers of
West and Central African economies. Along with the liberalization of the perennial tree …