Agroforestry as Climate Change Adaptation The Case of Cocoa Farming in Ghana
Agroforestry as Climate Change Adaptation The Case of Cocoa Farming in Ghana
- Cham Springer Nature 2024
- 1 online resource (171 p.)
Open Access
This open access book provides multidisciplinary perspectives on the potential of agroforestry to mitigate the negative impacts of climate change on cocoa production. Against the backdrop of increasingly precarious farmer livelihoods, it focuses on cocoa-agroforestry in Ghana - the second largest producer of cocoa in the world. Taking the reader on a journey across experimental plots and on-farm studies, the book delivers a holistic understanding of cocoa-agroforestry. Chapters examine historical yield and climate interactions, the effects of heat and drought on cocoa plants and the role of differing shade trees on soil fertility, yields, pests and diseases. The book discusses the socioeconomics of shade tree management, including cost-benefits, tree rights and competition for natural resources emphasizing policy implications and recommendations. Taking a multidisciplinary approach to climate-agriculture interactions, the book provides an innovative understanding of agroforestry and perennial cropping systems that goes beyond the Ghanaian cocoa belt. It is of relevance to students, researchers, farmers, practitioners and policymakers working with agroforestry and climate change adaptation. This is an open access book.
Creative Commons
English
978-3-031-45635-0 9783031456343 9783031456350
10.1007/978-3-031-45635-0 doi
Central government policies
Environmental management
Geography
Sociology
Sustainability
adaptation climate change climate-smart agriculture cocoa ecophysiology farming systems Ghana land rights mitigation multidisciplinary perennial crop profitability resilience rural livelihoods shade trees smallholder farming sustainability technical efficiency tree use rights
Open Access
This open access book provides multidisciplinary perspectives on the potential of agroforestry to mitigate the negative impacts of climate change on cocoa production. Against the backdrop of increasingly precarious farmer livelihoods, it focuses on cocoa-agroforestry in Ghana - the second largest producer of cocoa in the world. Taking the reader on a journey across experimental plots and on-farm studies, the book delivers a holistic understanding of cocoa-agroforestry. Chapters examine historical yield and climate interactions, the effects of heat and drought on cocoa plants and the role of differing shade trees on soil fertility, yields, pests and diseases. The book discusses the socioeconomics of shade tree management, including cost-benefits, tree rights and competition for natural resources emphasizing policy implications and recommendations. Taking a multidisciplinary approach to climate-agriculture interactions, the book provides an innovative understanding of agroforestry and perennial cropping systems that goes beyond the Ghanaian cocoa belt. It is of relevance to students, researchers, farmers, practitioners and policymakers working with agroforestry and climate change adaptation. This is an open access book.
Creative Commons
English
978-3-031-45635-0 9783031456343 9783031456350
10.1007/978-3-031-45635-0 doi
Central government policies
Environmental management
Geography
Sociology
Sustainability
adaptation climate change climate-smart agriculture cocoa ecophysiology farming systems Ghana land rights mitigation multidisciplinary perennial crop profitability resilience rural livelihoods shade trees smallholder farming sustainability technical efficiency tree use rights