Transformation of coffee-growing landscapes across Latin America. A review

CA Harvey, AA Pritts, MJ Zwetsloot, K Jansen… - Agronomy for …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract In Latin America, the cultivation of Arabica coffee (Coffea arabica) plays a critical
role in rural livelihoods, biodiversity conservation, and sustainable development. Over the …

Conserving biodiversity through certification of tropical agroforestry crops at local and landscape scales

T Tscharntke, JC Milder, G Schroth… - Conservation …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Voluntary sustainability standards and certification offer a promising mechanism to mitigate
the severe negative impacts of agricultural expansion and intensification on tropical …

Effects of on-farm diversification strategies on smallholder coffee farmer food security and income sufficiency in Chiapas, Mexico

J Anderzén, AG Luna, DV Luna-González… - Journal of Rural …, 2020 - Elsevier
Diversification has been identified as an important agroecological strategy for rural
development (Scoones, 1998; Ellis, 2000; Amekawa, 2011; Gliessman, 2015; FAO, 2018; …

Climate change adaptation, mitigation and livelihood benefits in coffee production: where are the synergies?

E Rahn, P Läderach, M Baca, C Cressy… - … Adaptation Strategies for …, 2014 - Springer
There are worldwide approximately 4.3 million coffee (Coffea arabica) producing
smallholders generating a large share of tropical developing countries' gross domestic …

Farmer strategies for tree crop diversification in the humid tropics. A review

G Schroth, F Ruf - Agronomy for sustainable development, 2014 - Springer
Many tree crop farms in the tropics are in a process of crop diversification, even in regions
that have traditionally been dominated by a single tree crop species. Here, we review the …

Carbon footprints and carbon stocks reveal climate-friendly coffee production

H Van Rikxoort, G Schroth, P Läderach… - Agronomy for …, 2014 - Springer
Coffee production is impacting the climate by emitting greenhouse gasses. Coffee
production is also vulnerable to climate change. As a consequence, the coffee sector is …

Carbon contents and fine root production in tropical silvopastoral systems

DE Morales Ruiz, DR Aryal, R Pinto Ruiz… - Land Degradation & …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Owing to the increasing extension of land for livestock production, silvopastoral practices
have been among the promising approaches to enhance carbon (C) sequestration …

An analysis of land-use conflict potential based on the perspective of production–living–ecological function

Z Cheng, Y Zhang, L Wang, L Wei, X Wu - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Under the influence of human activities, natural climate change and other factors, the
function-folding phenomenon of land use has appeared in China. The conflict levels of …

What policies improve forest cover? A systematic review of research from Mesoamerica

AA Min-Venditti, GW Moore, F Fleischman - Global Environmental Change, 2017 - Elsevier
Despite many studies of the drivers of deforestation, few syntheses have been conducted of
the effect of public policies on forest cover. This is problematic because policy is the primary …

What evidence exists on the impact of governance type on the conservation effectiveness of forest protected areas? Knowledge base and evidence gaps

B Macura, L Secco, AS Pullin - Environmental evidence, 2015 - Springer
Background Governance processes and structures that steer social-ecological systems and
in situ forest conservation strategies such as protected areas (PAs) can be crucial for …