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
Cocoa agroforestry is perceived as potential adaptation strategy to sub-optimal or adverse environmental conditions such as drought. We tested this strategy over wet, dry and extremely dry periods comparing cocoa in full sun with agroforestry systems: shaded by (i) a leguminous tree species, Albi...
Abdulai, I.
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Vaast, Philippe
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Hoffmann, M.P.
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Asare, R.
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Jassogne, Laurence T.P.
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Asten, Piet J.A. van
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Rotter, Reimund P.
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Graefe, S.
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[Cocoa agroforestry is less resilient to sub-optimal and extreme climate than cocoa in full sun]
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Cocoa agroforestry is less resilient to sub-optimal and extreme climate than cocoa in full sun
This paper presents the main features of a unique decision-support tool developed for selecting tree species in coffee and cocoa agroforestry systems. This tool aims at assisting in the selection of appropriate shade trees taking into account local conditions as well as needs and preferences of s...
Wolf, J. van der
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Jassogne, Laurence T.P.
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Gram, G.
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Vaast, Philippe
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[Turning local knowledge on agroforestry into an online decision-support tool for tree selection in smallholders' farms]
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Turning local knowledge on agroforestry into an online decision-support tool for tree selection in smallholders' farms
Efforts have been made in recent years to improve knowledge about soil greenhouse gas (GHG) fluxes from sub-Saharan Africa. However, data on soil GHG emissions from smallholder coffee-dairy systems have not hitherto been measured experimentally. This study aimed to quantify soil GHG emissions at ...
Ortiz Gonzalo, Daniel
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Neergaard, Andreas de
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Vaast, Philippe
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Suárez-Villanueva, Víctor
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Oelofse, Myles
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Rosenstock, Todd S.
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[Multi-scale measurements show limited soil greenhouse gas emissions in Kenyan smallholder coffee-dairy systems]
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Multi-scale measurements show limited soil greenhouse gas emissions in Kenyan smallholder coffee-dairy systems
Vaast, Philippe
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Rachmat, Mulia
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Nguyen Mai Phuong
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Duong Minh Tuan
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Tran Ha My
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Nguyen Thi Van
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Vu Hong Trang
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Nguyen Minh Phuong
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Hoang Quoc Viet
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[Tài liệu hướng dẫn xây dựng và quản lý hệ thống nông lâm kết hợp cho cà phê]
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Tài liệu hướng dẫn xây dựng và quản lý hệ thống nông lâm kết hợp cho cà phê
The new approaches advocated by the conservation community to integrate conservation and livelihood development now explicitly address landscape mosaics composed of agricultural and forested land rather than only protected areas and largely intact forests. We refer specifically to a call by Harve...
García, C.A.
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Bhagwat, S.A.
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Ghazoul, J.
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Nath, C.D.
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Nanaya, K.M.
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Kushalappa, C.G.
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Raghuramulu, Y.
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Nasi, Robert
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Vaast, Philippe
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[Biodiversity conservation in agricultural landscapes: challenges and opportunities of coffee agroforests in the Western Ghats, India]
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Biodiversity conservation in agricultural landscapes: challenges and opportunities of coffee agroforests in the Western Ghats, India
Abdulai, A.
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Jassogne, Laurence T.P.
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Muilerman, Sander
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Asare, R.
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Läderach, Peter
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Asten, Piet J.A. van
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Graefe, S.
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Vaast, Philippe
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[Evaluation of yield gap and production factor in cocoa systems along a climatic gradient in Ghana]
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Evaluation of yield gap and production factor in cocoa systems along a climatic gradient in Ghana
We investigated the relationship between characteristics of coffee shade systems and coffee pest infestation by the black coffee twig borer Xylosandrus compactus Eichhoff. The pest deprives Uganda of $40 millions annually, yet its control remains inadequate.
The present study considered three ra...
Bukomeko, Hannington
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Jassogne, Laurence T.P.
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Kagezi H., Godfrey
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Mukasa, David
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Vaast, Philippe
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[Influence of shaded systems on Xylosandrus compactus infestation in Robusta coffee along a rainfall gradient in Uganda]
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Influence of shaded systems on Xylosandrus compactus infestation in Robusta coffee along a rainfall gradient in Uganda
Läderach, Peter
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Vaast, Philippe
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Oberthür, Thomas
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O'Brien, R.
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Lara Estrada, LD
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Nelson, A.
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[Geographical analysis to explore interactions between inherent coffee quality and production environment]
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Geographical analysis to explore interactions between inherent coffee quality and production environment
Coffee agroforestry systems deliver ecosystem services (ES) critical for rural livelihoods like food but also disservices that constrain livelihoods like fostering coffee-pests. Since such ES are tree-based, maximizing ES and limiting constraints requires knowledge on optimizing on-farm tree comp...
Bukomeko, Hannington
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Jassogne, Laurence T.P.
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Tumwebaze, Susan Balaba
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Eilu, Gerald
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Vaast, Philippe
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[Integrating local knowledge with tree diversity analyses to optimize on-farm tree species composition for ecosystem service delivery in coffee agroforestry systems of Uganda]
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Integrating local knowledge with tree diversity analyses to optimize on-farm tree species composition for ecosystem service delivery in coffee agroforestry systems of Uganda