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Ghana, as the second largest global producer of cocoa, is strategically positioned on the world market. Consumer concerns over ethical and environmental issues associated with cocoa production are a potential threat to its position. These concerns have given rise to certification. Certification d...


Gockowski, J.Afari-Sefa, VictorSarpong DBOsei-Asare, Y.B.Agyeman NF[Improving the productivity and income of Ghanaian cocoa farmers while maintaining environmental services: what role for certification?]Improving the productivity and income of Ghanaian cocoa farmers while maintaining environmental services: what role for certification?

Ghana, as the second largest global producer of cocoa, is strategically positioned on the world market. Consumer concerns over ethical and environmental issues associated with cocoa production are a potential threat to its position. These concerns have given rise to certification. Certification d...


Gockowski, J.Afari-Sefa, VictorSarpong, D.B.Osei-Asare, Y.B.Agyeman, N.F.[Improving the productivity and income of Ghanaian cocoa farmers while maintaining environmental services: what role for certification?]Improving the productivity and income of Ghanaian cocoa farmers while maintaining environmental services: what role for certification?

Like all public organizations concerned with research for development, IITA aims to contribute to poverty reduction goals in the developing world through improved agricultural technologies. IITA’s refreshed strategy articulates a major target of lifting 11 million people out of poverty by 2020. T...


Rusike, J.Abdoulaye, TahirouAlene, A.Ainembabazi, John H.Dontsop Nguezet, Paul M.Coulibaly, O.Gockowski, J.Manyong, Victor M.[Towards a research agenda on tracking the contribution of agricultural research to poverty reduction in Africa: the case of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture]Towards a research agenda on tracking the contribution of agricultural research to poverty reduction in Africa: the case of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture

Over 70 years of familiarity with cocoa agroforests enables farmers of southern Cameroon to obtain food, medicinal plants and income from the ecosystem. Since 1994, social forestry activities in Cameroon have focused primarily on the idea of community forests. This approach is likely to encounter...


Sonwa, D.J.Weise, S.F.Tchatat, M.Nkongmeneck, B.A.Ndoye, O.Gockowski, J.[The role of cocoa agroforestry in rural and community forestry in southern Cameroon]The role of cocoa agroforestry in rural and community forestry in southern Cameroon
Vosti, S.Gockowski, J.Tomich, T.[Land use systems at the margins of tropical moist forest: addressing smallholder concerns in Cameroon, Indonesia and Brazil; slash and burn: the search for alternatives]Land use systems at the margins of tropical moist forest: addressing smallholder concerns in Cameroon, Indonesia and Brazil; slash and burn: the search for alternatives
Kotto-Same, J.Moukam, A.Njomgang, R.Tiki-Manga, T.Tonyé, J.Diaw, C.Gockowski, J.Hauser, S.Weise, S.F.Nwaga, D.Zapfack, L.Palm, C.Woomer, P.L.Gillison, A.N.Bignell, D.Tondoh, Jérôme E.[Alternatives to slash and burn: summary report and synthesis of phase II Cameroon]Alternatives to slash and burn: summary report and synthesis of phase II Cameroon

This paper presents empirical evidence to show how socioeconomic factors affect the adoption of and investment in agrochemicals in the cocoa sector of Côte d’Ivoire. The analysis uses primary farm-level data collected in 2002 from a nationally representative sample of more than one thousand cocoa...


Keho, Y.Gockowski, J.David, S.[Investing in agrochemicals in the cocoa sector of Côte d’Ivoire: hypotheses, evidence and policy implications]Investing in agrochemicals in the cocoa sector of Côte d’Ivoire: hypotheses, evidence and policy implications

Sub-Saharan Africa needs to produce more food, feed, and fiber to support its growing population and intensification of smallholder agriculture is a crucial component of any strategy towards this goal. Sustainable Intensification (SI) acknowledges that enhanced productivity needs to go hand in ha...


Vanlauwe, BernardCoyne, D.L.Gockowski, J.Hauser, S.Huising, Jeroen[Sustainable intensification and the African smallholder farmer. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability]Sustainable intensification and the African smallholder farmer. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

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.Tchatat, M.Dondjang, J.P.Hietet, G.Fouda, T.[An empirical analysis of the biodiversity and economic returns to cocoa agroforests in southern Cameroon]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.Asamoah, C.David, S.Gyamfi, I.Adu-Kumi, M.[An evaluation of farmer field school induced changes in Ghanaian cocoa production]An evaluation of farmer field school induced changes in Ghanaian cocoa production

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