Arguing that agroforestry associations are important for biodiversity conservation, certification schemes are seeking to differentiate commodities on the basis of the biodiversity included in the cropping system, in order to financially encourage more“wildlife friendly” production systems through...
Gockowski, J.
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Tchatat, M.
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Dondjang, J.P.
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Hietet, G.
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Fouda, T.
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[An empirical analysis of the biodiversity and economic returns to cocoa agroforests in southern Cameroon]
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An empirical analysis of the biodiversity and economic returns to cocoa agroforests in southern Cameroon
A case study of Ghanaian cocoa farmer field schools was conducted to provide feedback on a regional effort to close the yield gap across the cocoa belt of West Africa. Production practices were significantly modified in the year following training with notable increases registered in both the nu...
Gockowski, J.
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Asamoah, C.
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David, S.
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Gyamfi, I.
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Adu-Kumi, M.
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[An evaluation of farmer field school induced changes in Ghanaian cocoa production]
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An evaluation of farmer field school induced changes in Ghanaian cocoa production
STCP tools for the rehabilitation of West African cocoa farms
Cacao tree stocks in West Africa are mainly established from seeds procured
from farmers’ fields. This planting material lacks the disease tolerance and
yield potential of the hybrid seed. Productivity is also affected by the old age
o...
Bhattacharjee, R.
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Gockowski, J.
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Asare, R.
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Muilerman, Sander
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[A Green Revolution in the West African cocoa belt]
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A Green Revolution in the West African cocoa belt
The importance of traditional leafy vegetables (TLVs) in nutrition and employment both in production and marketing among urban and peri-urban households was investigated. An expenditure model of demand using results from a 1998 survey (n=150) in Yaounde, Cameroon estimated that as a group TLVs we...
Gockowski, J.
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Mbazo'o, J.
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Mbah, G.
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Moulende, T.
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[African traditional leafy vegetables and the urban and periurban poor]
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African traditional leafy vegetables and the urban and periurban poor
In the humid lowlands of Africa, the expansion of extensive low-input agriculture is the most important driver of tropical deforestation and forest degradation with a negative impact on biodiversity and climate change (Norris et al. 2010; Phalan et al. 2011). A recent global analysis of the clima...
Shortened fallow periods lead to a decline in crop yields in traditional mixed-food crop fields in southern Cameroon. Farmers use no inputs such as fertilizers for crop production in these field types. Planted fallows with adapted tree species might sustain or increase crop production under those...
Nolte, C.
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Tiki-Manga, T.
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Badjel-Badjel, S.
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Gockowski, J.
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Hauser, S.
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[Groundnut, maize and cassava yields in mixedfood crop fields after calliandra tree fallow in southern Cameroon]
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Groundnut, maize and cassava yields in mixedfood crop fields after calliandra tree fallow in southern Cameroon
Gockowski, J.
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[Sustainable intensification of agriculture is an alternative to deforestation]
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Sustainable intensification of agriculture is an alternative to deforestation
This study measures the efficiency of intercropping systems of annual and perennial crops production in southern Ethiopia using the stochastic frontier production function (SFP), parametric distance functions (PDF), and data envelopment analysis (DEA), and compares the empirical performances of t...
Alene, A.
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Manyong, Victor M.
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Gockowski, J.
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[The production efficiency of intercropping systems annual and perennial crops in southern Ethiopia: a comparison of distance functions and production frontiers]
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The production efficiency of intercropping systems annual and perennial crops in southern Ethiopia: a comparison of distance functions and production frontiers