The nexus between cocoa production and deforestation
In Ghana, cocoa contributes substantially to the agricultural foreign earnings and plays a major role in providing income for millions of farmers and households. But its production has environmental impacts, like deforestation. Creating a policy environment that supports sustainable practices in agr...
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| author | Asare, R. |
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| description | In Ghana, cocoa contributes substantially to the agricultural foreign earnings and plays a major role in providing income for millions of farmers and households. But its production has environmental impacts, like deforestation. Creating a policy environment that supports sustainable practices in agriculture to leverage the cocoa forests for biodiversity conservation is essential. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1089912025-11-11T10:17:50Z The nexus between cocoa production and deforestation Asare, R. theobroma cacao cocoa production biodiversity conservation income generation farmers deforestation sustainable agriculture In Ghana, cocoa contributes substantially to the agricultural foreign earnings and plays a major role in providing income for millions of farmers and households. But its production has environmental impacts, like deforestation. Creating a policy environment that supports sustainable practices in agriculture to leverage the cocoa forests for biodiversity conservation is essential. 2019-07 2020-08-11T11:12:03Z 2020-08-11T11:12:03Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/108991 en Open Access application/pdf Asare, R. (2019). The nexus between cocoa production and deforestation. Grain De Sel, 78, 26-27. |
| spellingShingle | theobroma cacao cocoa production biodiversity conservation income generation farmers deforestation sustainable agriculture Asare, R. The nexus between cocoa production and deforestation |
| title | The nexus between cocoa production and deforestation |
| title_full | The nexus between cocoa production and deforestation |
| title_fullStr | The nexus between cocoa production and deforestation |
| title_full_unstemmed | The nexus between cocoa production and deforestation |
| title_short | The nexus between cocoa production and deforestation |
| title_sort | nexus between cocoa production and deforestation |
| topic | theobroma cacao cocoa production biodiversity conservation income generation farmers deforestation sustainable agriculture |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/108991 |
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