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dc.contributor.authorKumah, F.J.
dc.contributor.authorKouabenan, A.
dc.contributor.authorGebrekirstos, A.
dc.contributor.authorKoné, D.
dc.contributor.authorAdjei-Nsiah, S.
dc.date.accessioned2024-03-11T09:20:19Z
dc.date.available2024-03-11T09:20:19Z
dc.date.issued2024-01-09
dc.identifier.citationKumah, F.J., Kouabenan, A., Gebrekirstos, A., Koné, D. & Adjei-Nsiah, S. (2024). Do farmers’ perceptions and socio-economic factors drive cocoa agroforestry and sustainable soil carbon management practices in West Africa?. Agroforestry Systems, 1-19.
dc.identifier.issn0167-4366
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/8422
dc.description.abstractWe evaluated the farmer’s local knowledge and perceptions of sustainable cocoa agroforestry and sustainable soil carbon management in Ghana and Côte 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 Côte 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 Côte 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.
dc.description.sponsorshipGerman Federal Ministry for Education and Research
dc.format.extent1-19
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectSoil Organic Carbon
dc.subjectAgroforestry
dc.subjectTheobroma Cacao
dc.subjectClimate Change
dc.subjectSmallholders
dc.subjectFarmers
dc.titleDo farmers' perceptions and socio-economic factors drive cocoa agroforestry and sustainable soil carbon management practices in West Africa?
dc.typeJournal Article
cg.contributor.crpClimate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversité Félix Houphouёt-Boigny
cg.contributor.affiliationInstitut National Polytechnique Félix Houphouёt-Boigny
cg.contributor.affiliationWorld Agroforestry Centre
cg.contributor.affiliationWest African Science Service Centre On Climate Change and Adapted Land Use
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionWest Africa
cg.coverage.countryCote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
cg.coverage.countryGhana
cg.coverage.hubHeadquarters and Western Africa Hub
cg.researchthemeNatural Resource Management
cg.identifier.bibtexciteidKUMAH:2024
cg.isijournalISI Journal
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country institute
cg.iitasubjectAgronomy
cg.iitasubjectClimate Change
cg.iitasubjectCocoa
cg.iitasubjectFarming Systems
cg.iitasubjectFood Security
cg.iitasubjectForestry
cg.iitasubjectSmallholder Farmers
cg.journalAgroforestry Systems
cg.accessibilitystatusLimited Access
cg.reviewstatusPeer Review
cg.usagerightslicenseCopyrighted; all rights reserved
cg.targetaudienceScientists
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10457-023-00950-z
cg.iitaauthor.identifierSamuel Adjei-Nsiah: 0000-0002-7394-4913
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