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Evaluation of the Liberia Sustainable Tree Crops Program (STCP), Social Impact , 2011, Washington, D.C., USA, (2011)

The goal of STCP is to improve the economic and social well being of smallholders and the environmental sustainability of tree crop farms. The program was focused on: (1) training farmers in integrated crop and pest management (ICPM), quality management, post-harvest processing, and planting,...

Cocoa-based agroforestry production systems, Somarriba, E., and Beer J. , Workshop on Shade Grown Cocoa, 1998, (1998)

The CATIE-GTZ-INRENARE agroforestry project in Panama and Costa Rica started operations in 1986; shade management in cocoa plantations was identified as a major research line. Five cacao-based agroforestry systems were selected for research: 1) leguminous tree species (Gliricidia sepium,...

Growing a better future for cocoa - a sustainablity overview, Kraft , 2006, (2006)

In a 20 pages document Kraft presents an overview of its efforts with regard to a future sustainable cocoa sector.
Opportunities for avoided deforestation with sustainable benefits : an interim report by lthe ASB Partnership for the tropical forest margins, Swallow, B. M., van Noordwijk M., Dewi S., Murdiyarso D., White D., Gockowski J., Hyman G., Budidarsono S., Robiglio V., and Meadu V. , 2007, Kenya, (2007)

The ASB Partnership for the Tropical Forest Margins has conducted biophysical, socioeconomic and institutional research on the tradeoffs associated with alternative land uses in the humid tropics. Building on previous research at the ASB benchmark sites, this paper presents spatially-explicit...

Key elements to enhance the implementation of the Accra Agenda, for a Roundtable Sustainable Cocoa Economy , (0)

In this working document 10 key elements are listed to enhance the implementation of the Accra Agenda: Transparaceny; Compliance with applicable laws and regulations; Remuneration for quality cocoa, productivity and improved farmers’ income; Access to credit and rural development services, and...

Cocoa production strategies and the conservation of globally significant rainforest remnants in Ghana policy and impact analyst, , Production, markets and the future of smallholders: the role of cocoa in Ghana, 2007, Accra, Ghana, (2007)

Cocoa has been a serious agent of deforestation in Ghana and its continued expansion in the Western Region is threatening globally important protected areas and the integrity of the ecosystem. Productivity growth through intensification must be part of the equation. Achieving a yield gap of 50%...

Current cocoa production and opportunities for re-investment in the rural sector : Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana and Indonesia., Ruf, F. , World Cocoa Foundation Partnership Meeting, 2007, Amsterdam, (2007)

What follows is a 10-point presentation starting with an expert report written about Ghana in the 1940s.1. Akokoaso in the 1930s (Beckett 1944) as an introduction to sustainability and investment in cocoa farming
2. Sustainability and investment in the cocoa sector
3. Current...

The role of cocoa in Ghana's future development, Breisinger, C., Diao X., Thurlow J., and Kolavalli S. , IFPRI-GSSP Background Paper, 2008, Washington, D.C., USA, p.32 - pgs., (2008)

This background paper looks at the growth and poverty reduction implications of future growth in the country’s cocoa sector. It finds that increasing cocoa production by about 60,000 tons annually is necessary for Ghana to reach its middle-income country target by 2015. However, because cocoa’s...

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