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DOI	10.1007/s10457-023-00950-z
	Do farmers' perceptions and socio-economic factors drive cocoa agroforestry and sustainable soil carbon management practices in West Africa?
	Kumah, Florence Jessica; Kouabenan, Abo; Gebrekirstos, Aster; Kone, Daouda; Adjei-Nsiah, Samuel
发表日期	2024
ISSN	0167-4366
EISSN	1572-9680
起始页码	98
结束页码	4
卷号	98 期号:4
英文摘要	We evaluated the farmer's local knowledge and perceptions of sustainable cocoa agroforestry and sustainable soil carbon management in Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire using a social survey research methodology. We employed in-depth interviewing and focus group discussions to solicit information from identified key stakeholders in the cocoa supply chain focusing on the perception of sustainable cocoa agroforestry and soil carbon management. Our results revealed that about 83% and 50.5% of smallholder cocoa farmers from Cote d'Ivoire and Ghana respectively practiced agroforestry on their farms. The respondents, however, had limited knowledge about the term agroforestry and were also not very much aware of soil carbon management. Also, about 53% and 22% of the respondents from Cote d'Ivoire and Ghana perceived agroforestry practice as better than practicing cocoa monoculture. The results further revealed that most of the cocoa farmers in these study areas had limited knowledge of the approaches or strategies to achieve sustainable cocoa agroforestry and soil carbon management on their farms. At the same time, the industry's stakeholders had different perceptions about the approaches or strategies to achieve these. Our results also revealed that educational level was the only socio-economic factor that influenced the farmer's awareness of agroforestry and soil organic carbon. This study thus suggests the need for appropriate training and education for smallholder cocoa farmers, and harmonization of the understanding among different stakeholder groups along the cocoa supply chain of common strategies to adopt to achieve sustainable cocoa production that addresses low productivity, biodiversity loss and carbon emission within the smallholder cocoa production system in West Africa.
英文关键词	Soil organic carbon; Agroforestry; Sustainable cocoa farming; Climate change and cocoa farmers; Africa
语种	英语
WOS研究方向	Agriculture ; Forestry
WOS类目	Agronomy ; Forestry
WOS记录号	WOS:001138336300001
来源期刊	AGROFORESTRY SYSTEMS
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/289191
作者单位	Universite Felix Houphouet-Boigny; Institut National Polytechnique Felix Houphouet-Boigny; CGIAR; World Agroforestry (ICRAF); University of Ghana
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Kumah, Florence Jessica,Kouabenan, Abo,Gebrekirstos, Aster,et al. Do farmers' perceptions and socio-economic factors drive cocoa agroforestry and sustainable soil carbon management practices in West Africa?[J],2024,98(4).
APA	Kumah, Florence Jessica,Kouabenan, Abo,Gebrekirstos, Aster,Kone, Daouda,&Adjei-Nsiah, Samuel.(2024).Do farmers' perceptions and socio-economic factors drive cocoa agroforestry and sustainable soil carbon management practices in West Africa?.AGROFORESTRY SYSTEMS,98(4).
MLA	Kumah, Florence Jessica,et al."Do farmers' perceptions and socio-economic factors drive cocoa agroforestry and sustainable soil carbon management practices in West Africa?".AGROFORESTRY SYSTEMS 98.4(2024).