Shade trees in agroforestry systems confer ecosystem services, such as enhanced soil
fertility from diverse litter inputs, microclimate regulation via shade, and disease mitigation …

Agricultural systems have a long history of responding to various economic and socio-
political forces, including supply and demand, political preferences and power inequalities …

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 …

Agroforestry systems are complex due to the diverse interactions between their elements,
and they develop over several decades. Existing numerical models focus either on the …

Cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.) is an important cash crop in many tropical countries,
particularly in West Africa. Heat and drought are both known to affect the physiology of …

Shade trees are important components of cocoa-agroforestry systems because they
influence yields, soil fertility and the occurrence of pests and diseases and may support …

Climate change is threatening cocoa production in Ghana, the world's second largest cocoa
exporter. Yet, as we have shown in this book, the impacts of climate change must be …

Agroforestry systems contribute to provisioning food and nutrition, medicine, and income to
rural households and play critical cultural roles and regulatory functions around the world …

Cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.) is an important cash crop in many tropical countries,
particularly in West Africa. Heat and drought are both known to affect the physiology of …

To increase the yield and quality of cocoa beans, a variety of institutions in Colombia have
developed training processes to improve the level of knowledge of the producing families …