Agroforestry as Climate Change Adaptation The Case of Cocoa Farming in Ghana

• Other Authors: Olwig, Mette Fog (Editor), Skovmand Bosselmann, Aske (Editor), Owusu, Kwadwo (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer Nature 2024
• Subjects: Central government policies; Sociology; Geography; Environmental management; Sustainability; cocoa; climate change; multidisciplinary; mitigation; adaptation; resilience; climate-smart agriculture; Ghana; shade trees; farming systems; ecophysiology; land rights; tree use rights; smallholder farming; rural livelihoods; technical efficiency; perennial crop; profitability; sustainability
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

This open access book provides multidisciplinary perspectives on the potential of agroforestry to mitigate the negative impacts of climate change on cocoa production. Against the backdrop of increasingly precarious farmer livelihoods, it focuses on cocoa-agroforestry in Ghana - the second largest pr...