The Ecological Limits of Poverty Alleviation in an African Forest-Agriculture Landscape

The Ecological Limits of Poverty Alleviation in an African Forest-Agriculture Landscape

Cocoa yields in Ghana remain low. This has variously been attributed to low rates of fertilizer application, pollinator limitation, and particularly dry growing conditions. In this paper we use an African forest-agriculture landscape dominated by cocoa (Theobroma cacao) to develop an ecological prod...

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Main Authors: Alexandra C. Morel, Mark Hirons, Michael Adu Sasu, Marvin Quaye, Rebecca Ashley Asare, John Mason, Stephen Adu-Bredu, Emily Boyd, Constance L. McDermott, Elizabeth J. Z. Robinson, Robert Straser, Yadvinder Malhi, Ken Norris
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
Subjects:
ecosystem services
poverty alleviation
ecological production function
agroforestry
cocoa
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fsufs.2019.00057/full

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https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fsufs.2019.00057/full

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