Does adoption of cocoa hand pollination (CHP) improve welfare of farmers? Evidence from smallholder cocoa farmers in Ghana

BO Asante, S Etuah, A Faizal, A Mensah… - … Journal of Agricultural …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
This paper evaluates the impact of the adoption of cocoa hand pollination (CHP) on the
welfare of smallholder cocoa producers. Using data collected from 1200 cocoa farmers in …

Flower visitation time and number of visitor species are reduced by the use of agrochemicals in coffee home gardens

S Manson, KAI Nekaris, K Hedger, M Balestri, N Ahmad… - Agronomy, 2022 - mdpi.com
Pollination services, from both wild and managed populations of insect pollinators, have
degraded as a result of agricultural intensification. Whilst 75% of economically important …

Cacao grafting increases crop yield without compromising biodiversity

C Ocampo‐Ariza, S Müller, F Yovera… - Journal of Applied …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
Yields of tropical tree crops decline with time, often forcing smallholders to establish new
deforestation‐derived plantations. Consequently, alternative strategies reconciling crop …

Small Amazonian stingless bees: an opportunity for targeted cocoa pollination

C Maia-Silva, M Hrncir, TC Giannini… - Frontiers in Bee …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Cocoa (Theobroma cacao) is a multi-billion-dollar business. This tropical crop strongly
depends on animal pollination for fruit development and seed production. The lack or …

Hand pollination under shade trees triples cocoa yield in Brazil's agroforests

M Toledo-Hernández, T Tscharntke, TC Giannini… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2023 - Elsevier
Agricultural diversification can enhance climate resilience, biodiversity conservation, and
livelihood in global farming systems. Diverse agroforestry systems with cocoa have been …

Enhancing sustainable agriculture: exploring the impact of credit access on cocoa farming through adoption of artificial hand pollination technology

F Adams, A Ullah, A Mensah, S Prah… - Environment …, 2025 - Springer
Abstract Artificial Hand Pollination (AHP) technology has demonstrated significant potential
to enhance cocoa productivity and alleviate poverty among cocoa farmers in sub-Saharan …

Interactions entre insectes floricoles et cultures de fenouil aromatique (Foeniculum vulgare): influences des variables locales et paysagères et implications pour la …

L Schurr - 2022 - hal.science
Le fenouil est une plante aromatique à floraison massive cultivée en Provence (France),
caractérisé par la culture de lavandin, pour son huile essentielle (HE) contenant de …

[PDF][PDF] Lucie SCHURR

EP Rapporteuse - 2022 - hal.science
Animal pollination enhances the sexual reproductive success of most wild and cultivated
plants (Ollerton et al., 2011). While the importance of insects for crop yields is currently well …