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.
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Afari-Sefa, Victor
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Sarpong DB
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Osei-Asare, Y.B.
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Agyeman NF
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[Improving the productivity and income of Ghanaian cocoa farmers while maintaining environmental services: what role for certification?]
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Improving the productivity and income of Ghanaian cocoa farmers while maintaining environmental services: what role for certification?
In Ghana, as in many other tropical landscapes of West Africa, the expansion of extensive low input agriculture has resulted in significant deforestation with concomitant loss of biodiversity and greenhouse gas emissions. Of the many crops grown in Ghana, cocoa has had the largest expansion in ar...
Gockowski, J.
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Robiglio, V.
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Muilerman, Sander
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Agyeman, N.F.
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[Agricultural intensification as a strategy for climate mitigation in Ghana]
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Agricultural intensification as a strategy for climate mitigation in Ghana
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...