Climate change and cocoa cultivation

Climate change has been projected to impact cocoa production unless cultivation practices are adapted. Guiding effective adaptation is a challenging task because of the high model uncertainty for precipitation which is a vital consideration for cocoa producers. We focus on identifying preconditions...

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Autores principales: Bunn, Christian, Castro, Fabio, Lundy, Mark M., Läderach, Peter R.D.
Formato: Capítulo de libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Limited 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/97013
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author Bunn, Christian
Castro, Fabio
Lundy, Mark M.
Läderach, Peter R.D.
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description Climate change has been projected to impact cocoa production unless cultivation practices are adapted. Guiding effective adaptation is a challenging task because of the high model uncertainty for precipitation which is a vital consideration for cocoa producers. We focus on identifying preconditions for forward-looking, proactive adaptation, describing global climatic changes at current cocoa production locations and demonstrating that impacts are spatially differentiated with the example of Ivory Coast. Temperatures were found to rise beyond historically experienced levels with high certainty. In Ivory Coast, at the frontier along the Savanna, dry season conditions may become too severe for cocoa growing. In order to effectively guide adaptation strategies, cocoa research will need to close important knowledge gaps regarding the interaction of cocoa genotypes, high growing season temperatures and reductions in bean quality, the effect of combined heat and drought events for plant survival, and likely changes of pest and disease threats.
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spelling CGSpace970132025-03-13T09:44:01Z Climate change and cocoa cultivation Bunn, Christian Castro, Fabio Lundy, Mark M. Läderach, Peter R.D. theobroma cacao climate change Climate change has been projected to impact cocoa production unless cultivation practices are adapted. Guiding effective adaptation is a challenging task because of the high model uncertainty for precipitation which is a vital consideration for cocoa producers. We focus on identifying preconditions for forward-looking, proactive adaptation, describing global climatic changes at current cocoa production locations and demonstrating that impacts are spatially differentiated with the example of Ivory Coast. Temperatures were found to rise beyond historically experienced levels with high certainty. In Ivory Coast, at the frontier along the Savanna, dry season conditions may become too severe for cocoa growing. In order to effectively guide adaptation strategies, cocoa research will need to close important knowledge gaps regarding the interaction of cocoa genotypes, high growing season temperatures and reductions in bean quality, the effect of combined heat and drought events for plant survival, and likely changes of pest and disease threats. 2018-08-09 2018-08-30T14:19:10Z 2018-08-30T14:19:10Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/97013 en Limited Access Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Limited Bunn, Christian; Castro, Fabio; Lundy, Mark; Läderach, Peter. 2018. Climate change and cocoa cultivation . In:Umaharan, P. (ed.), Achieving sustainable cultivation of cocoa, Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing, Cambridge, UK, 2018, ISBN 978-1-78676-168 2; 25 p. (Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science)
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