Agroforestry (AF) has become an important strategy in reconciling the contradictory
requirements of environmental protection and economic development in ecologically fragile …

Background Agroforestry systems have enhanced diversity of cultivated plants compared to
monocultures, and are expected to affect associated biodiversity. Despite a growing body of …

Abstract In the Central Highlands of Vietnam, coffee (Coffea canephora) and pepper (Peper
nigrum) farmers have started transitioning from monoculture to mix cropping systems. To …

Productivity of coffee plantations is threatened by both climate change and decreasing
revenues of coffee growers. Using shade trees might protect against temperature variability …

In the process of analyzing and taking action toward a low-carbon production,
understanding the effect kind of farm management options is critical. Currently, a sustainable …

The combined and interacting effects of land-use change, resource extraction and climate
change threaten the sustainability of millions of mainly smallholder farms in tropical …

Intensive coffee production is accompanied by several environmental issues, including soil
degradation, biodiversity loss, and pollution due to the wide use of agrochemical inputs and …

In complex coffee-based agroforestry systems, quantifying the impact of shade trees on
coffee disease regulation and coffee yield is crucial for improving these systems and …

Cocoa production is a globally important commodity that has been a major driver of
deforestation in humid tropical areas. Cocoa agroforestry systems have been credited for …

Manipulating plant functional diversity to improve agroecosystem multifunctionality is a
central challenge of agricultural systems world‐wide. In cocoa agroforestry systems (cAFS) …