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dc.contributor.authorGockowski, J.
dc.contributor.authorTchatat, M.
dc.contributor.authorDondjang, J.P.
dc.contributor.authorHietet, G.
dc.contributor.authorFouda, T.
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-04T11:13:58Z
dc.date.available2019-12-04T11:13:58Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.identifier.citationGockowski, J., Tchatat, M., Dondjang, J.P., Hietet, G. & Fouda, T. (2010). An empirical analysis of the biodiversity and economic returns to cocoa agroforests in Southern Cameroon. Journal of Sustainable Forestry, 29(6-8), 638-670.
dc.identifier.issn1054-9811
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/2586
dc.description.abstractArguing 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 market mechanisms. However, biologists and economists have begun to question the overall impact on biodiversity and poverty when relatively extensive “wildlife friendly” agroforestry systems are encouraged in lieu of more intensified systems. Field inventories were taken of the plants utilized from 67 ha of cocoa agroforests (CAFs) in southern Cameroon among 46 households. Two hundred eighty-six plant species were utilized as foods, medicinal plants, timber, and service products. From interviews with household members it was revealed that non-cocoa revenues accounted for one quarter of total CAF revenues. Per capita revenues from the CAF were positively skewed and exceeded the poverty line for 29% of the sampled population. Monetary returns from the CAF increased with increasing agricultural intensification and market access. The findings suggest that intensified use of cocoa fungicides, improved market institutions, and expansion of the CAF area cultivated per household would reduce rural poverty in southern Cameroon. Overall, the plant diversity of CAFs degraded slightly as intensification proceeded.
dc.description.sponsorshipWorld Cocoa Foundation
dc.description.sponsorshipUnited States Agency for International Development
dc.format.extent638-670
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectSouthern Cameroon
dc.subjectAgricultural Intensification
dc.subjectBiodiversity
dc.subjectCocoa Agroforests
dc.subjectPoverty Reduction
dc.subjectTrade-Offs
dc.titleAn empirical analysis of the biodiversity and economic returns to cocoa agroforests in southern Cameroon
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.description.versionPeer Review
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture
cg.contributor.affiliationConference des Responsables de Recherche Agronomique Africains-Foret and Institut de la Recherche Agricole pour le Développement, Yaoundé
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversité de Dschang
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionWest And Central Africa
cg.coverage.countryCameroon
cg.coverage.countryNigeria
cg.coverage.countryCote D'Ivoire
cg.coverage.countryGhana
cg.isijournalISI Journal
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country institute
cg.iitasubjectMarkets
cg.iitasubjectPlant Production
cg.iitasubjectAgribusiness
cg.iitasubjectBiodiversity
cg.iitasubjectCocoa
cg.iitasubjectForestry
cg.journalJournal of Sustainable Forestry
cg.howpublishedFormally Published
cg.accessibilitystatusLimited Access
local.dspaceid93390
cg.targetaudienceScientists
cg.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10549811003739486


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