Agroforestry is a land management practice where trees are grown around or among crops
or pastureland. This integration of agriculture and forestry is frequently seen as an option …

The search for healthy diets has led to a surge in the demand for functional foods or
'superfoods', which have now become popular among the middle‐and high‐income …

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 …

Cocoa production is one of the leading causes of deforestation in West Africa. Agroforestry
cocoa systems are increasingly promoted as a possible solution to deforestation. This study …

Cocoa agroforestry systems have the potential to conserve biodiversity and provide
environmental or ecological benefits at various nested scales ranging from the plot to …

The degree to which the maintenance of carbon (C) stocks and tree diversity can be jointly
achieved in production landscapes is debated. C stocks in forests are decreased by logging …

Cocoa production is a globally important commodity that has been a major driver of
deforestation in humid tropical areas. Cocoa agroforestry systems have been credited for …

Agroforestry systems can play an important role in mitigating the effects of climate change
given their capacity to increase tree diversity and to store more carbon than conventional …

Allometric models which are used to describe the structure of trees in agroforestry systems
are usually extrapolated from models developed for trees in forest ecosystems. This makes …

Agroforestry systems (AFS) can provide multiple ecosystem services (ES), partly due to their
high (agro) biodiversity. However, multi-criteria analyses studying trade-offs between …