Unravelling drivers of high variability of on-farm cocoa yields across environmental gradients in Ghana

Paulina A. Asante, Danaё M.A. Rozendaal, Eric Rahn, Pieter A. Zuidema, Amos K. Quaye, Richard Asare, Peter Läderach and Niels P.R. Anten

Agricultural Systems, 2021, vol. 193, issue C

Abstract: Cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.) is one of the world's most important agricultural commodity crops with the largest share of global production concentrated in West Africa. Current on-farm yields in this region are low and are expected to decrease in response to climate change, through warming and shifts in rainfall. Interventions intended to improve yields and climate adaptation require an understanding of the main drivers of yields across farms.

Keywords: Cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.); Farm yield; Cocoa yield per tree; Solar radiation; Cocoa planting density; Shade tree density (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2021.103214

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