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oapen-20.500.12657-883292024-03-28T14:02:53Z Agroforestry as Climate Change Adaptation Olwig, Mette Fog Skovmand Bosselmann, Aske Owusu, Kwadwo cocoa climate change multidisciplinary mitigation adaptation resilience climate-smart agriculture Ghana shade trees farming systems ecophysiology land rights tree use rights smallholder farming rural livelihoods technical efficiency perennial crop profitability sustainability thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHB Sociology thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RG Geography thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNF Environmental management thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNU Sustainability 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. 2024-03-13T11:10:29Z 2024-03-13T11:10:29Z 2024 book ONIX_20240313_9783031456350_27 9783031456350 9783031456343 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/88329 eng application/pdf n/a 978-3-031-45635-0.pdf https://link.springer.com/978-3-031-45635-0 Springer Nature Palgrave Macmillan 10.1007/978-3-031-45635-0 10.1007/978-3-031-45635-0 6c6992af-b843-4f46-859c-f6e9998e40d5 8256f60b-c338-4d2b-bd1a-896464b54f7c 9783031456350 9783031456343 Palgrave Macmillan 171 Cham [...] open access
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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.
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