Drought is the most critical abiotic threat to cocoa growth and productivity. The purpose of this review is to provide an overview of the recent research and developments which have …
B Amfo, EB Ali - Forest Policy and Economics, 2020 - Elsevier
Climate change poses a serious threat to many farmers' yield and income. Previous studies often applied a general approach to examine climate change mitigation strategies …
Studies have generally shown that climate change has tremendous impacts on cocoa productivity. Although there is an increasing proliferation of studies on adaptation strategies …
EO Mensah, A Ræbild, R Asare, CA Amoatey… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Climate models predict decreasing precipitation and increasing air temperature, causing concern for the future of cocoa in the major producing regions worldwide. It has been …
Understanding gendered adaptation practices among smallholder cocoa farmers is crucial to ensuring sustainable cocoa production in Ghana. This study examined the gendered …
B Amfo, EB Ali, D Atinga - Agricultural Systems, 2021 - Elsevier
CONTEXT The impacts of climate change on soil water content and the resultant effects on agricultural productivity have raised a lot of concerns among cocoa farmers. This has …
Forest conversion for farming remains an issue of scientific and societal concern due to its growing impacts on biodiversity and climate change. Therefore, scientists and policymakers …
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 …
BK Asitoakor, R Asare, A Ræbild, HP Ravn… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2022 - Elsevier
The susceptibility of cocoa to harsh climatic conditions is evident in cocoa growing areas in Ghana, and climate distribution models show reduced cocoa suitability to climate change …