The future of coffee and cocoa agroforestry in a warmer Mesoamerica
Climate change threatens cofee production and the livelihoods of thousands of families in Mesoamerica that depend on it. Replacing cofee with cocoa and integrating trees in combined agroforestry systems to ameliorate abiotic stress are among the proposed alternatives to overcome this challenge. Thes...
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| author | Sousa, Kauê de Zonneveld, Maarten van Holmgren, M. Kindt, Roeland Ordoñez, J.C. |
| author_browse | Holmgren, M. Kindt, Roeland Ordoñez, J.C. Sousa, Kauê de Zonneveld, Maarten van |
| author_facet | Sousa, Kauê de Zonneveld, Maarten van Holmgren, M. Kindt, Roeland Ordoñez, J.C. |
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| description | Climate change threatens cofee production and the livelihoods of thousands of families in Mesoamerica that depend on it. Replacing cofee with cocoa and integrating trees in combined agroforestry systems to ameliorate abiotic stress are among the proposed alternatives to overcome this challenge. These two alternatives do not consider the vulnerability of cocoa and tree species commonly used in agroforestry plantations to future climate conditions. We assessed the suitability of these alternatives by identifying the potential changes in the distribution of cofee, cocoa and the 100 most common agroforestry trees
found in Mesoamerica. Here we show that cocoa could potentially become an alternative in most of cofee vulnerable areas. Agroforestry with currently preferred tree species is highly vulnerable to future climate change. Transforming agroforestry systems by changing tree species composition may be the best approach to adapt most of the cofee and cocoa production areas. Our results stress the urgency for land use planning considering climate change efects and to assess new combinations of agroforestry species in cofee and cocoa plantations in Mesoamerica. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1016702025-11-12T05:47:17Z The future of coffee and cocoa agroforestry in a warmer Mesoamerica Sousa, Kauê de Zonneveld, Maarten van Holmgren, M. Kindt, Roeland Ordoñez, J.C. agroecology agroforestry climate change theobroma cacao coffea Climate change threatens cofee production and the livelihoods of thousands of families in Mesoamerica that depend on it. Replacing cofee with cocoa and integrating trees in combined agroforestry systems to ameliorate abiotic stress are among the proposed alternatives to overcome this challenge. These two alternatives do not consider the vulnerability of cocoa and tree species commonly used in agroforestry plantations to future climate conditions. We assessed the suitability of these alternatives by identifying the potential changes in the distribution of cofee, cocoa and the 100 most common agroforestry trees found in Mesoamerica. Here we show that cocoa could potentially become an alternative in most of cofee vulnerable areas. Agroforestry with currently preferred tree species is highly vulnerable to future climate change. Transforming agroforestry systems by changing tree species composition may be the best approach to adapt most of the cofee and cocoa production areas. Our results stress the urgency for land use planning considering climate change efects and to assess new combinations of agroforestry species in cofee and cocoa plantations in Mesoamerica. 2019 2019-06-25T07:57:05Z 2019-06-25T07:57:05Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/101670 en Open Access application/pdf Springer de Sousa, K.; van Zonneveld, M.; Holmgren, M.; Kindt, R.; Ordoñez, J.C. (2019) The future of coffee and cocoa agroforestry in a warmer Mesoamerica. Scientific Reports Vol. 9: 8828 ISSN: 2045-2322 |
| spellingShingle | agroecology agroforestry climate change theobroma cacao coffea Sousa, Kauê de Zonneveld, Maarten van Holmgren, M. Kindt, Roeland Ordoñez, J.C. The future of coffee and cocoa agroforestry in a warmer Mesoamerica |
| title | The future of coffee and cocoa agroforestry in a warmer Mesoamerica |
| title_full | The future of coffee and cocoa agroforestry in a warmer Mesoamerica |
| title_fullStr | The future of coffee and cocoa agroforestry in a warmer Mesoamerica |
| title_full_unstemmed | The future of coffee and cocoa agroforestry in a warmer Mesoamerica |
| title_short | The future of coffee and cocoa agroforestry in a warmer Mesoamerica |
| title_sort | future of coffee and cocoa agroforestry in a warmer mesoamerica |
| topic | agroecology agroforestry climate change theobroma cacao coffea |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/101670 |
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