Key messages:
Climate change adaptation for coffee and cocoa farming requires low cost and multipurpose solutions, such as shade trees.
Selecting appropriate shade trees is paramount for maximizing tree-based ecosystem services while minimizing disservices.
The shade tree advice tool presented h...
Wolf, Just van der
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Gram, Gil
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Bukomeko, Hannington
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Mukasa, David
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Giller, Onno
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Kirabo, Enoch
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Angebault, Charles
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Vaast, Philippe
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Asare, Richard
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Jassogne, Laurence T.P.
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[The Shade Tree Advice Tool]
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The Shade Tree Advice Tool
Coffee is an important crop for the Ugandan economy, as it earns the country US$415 million in foreign export revenues and supports 1.7 million smallholder farmers (UCDA, 2016). Nevertheless, coffee yields have stagnated for over a decade, despite concerted efforts to improve productivity. Climat...
Jassogne, Laurence T.P.
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Mukasa, David
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Bukomeko, Hannington
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Kemigisha, Elizabeth
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Kirungi, Diana
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Giller, Onno
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Asten, Piet J.A. van
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[Redesigning Delivery: Boosting Adoption of Coffee Management Practices in Uganda. The climate smart investment pathway approach and the farmer segmentation tool]
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Redesigning Delivery: Boosting Adoption of Coffee Management Practices in Uganda. The climate smart investment pathway approach and the farmer segmentation tool
The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), as part of the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change,
Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS), with CIAT, Sustainable Food Lab and Rainforest Alliance, are promoting increased
smallholder coffee farmer adoption of Climate Smart Agricult...