The economics of cocoa-fruit agroforests in Southern Cameroon

The cocoa and fruit agroforests of southern Cameroon are among the most sustainable land-use systems in the forest zone of West and Central Africa. The middle and upper strata shade cocoa, recycle nutrients and produce many useful products. Indigenous fruit trees such as African plum (Dacryodes edul...

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Autores principales:	Gockowski, J, Dury, S
Otros Autores:	CATIE - Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza
Formato:	Hoja de trabajo
Lenguaje:	Inglés
Publicado:	Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE) 2021
Materias:	THEOBROMA CACAO COCOS NUCIFERA CITRUS DACRYODES EDULIS MANGIFERA INDICA PSIDIUM GUAJAVA PERSEA AMERICANA ELAEIS GUINEENSIS FRUTALES CARBON BIODIVERSIDAD CONSUMO ANALISIS ECONOMICO DESARROLLO RURAL PLANTAS MEDICINALES Sede Central
Acceso en línea:	https://repositorio.catie.ac.cr/handle/11554/10278

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spelling	RepoCATIE102782022-06-06T16:34:08Z The economics of cocoa-fruit agroforests in Southern Cameroon Gockowski, J Dury, S CATIE - Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza THEOBROMA CACAO COCOS NUCIFERA CITRUS DACRYODES EDULIS MANGIFERA INDICA PSIDIUM GUAJAVA PERSEA AMERICANA ELAEIS GUINEENSIS FRUTALES CARBON BIODIVERSIDAD CONSUMO ANALISIS ECONOMICO DESARROLLO RURAL PLANTAS MEDICINALES Sede Central The cocoa and fruit agroforests of southern Cameroon are among the most sustainable land-use systems in the forest zone of West and Central Africa. The middle and upper strata shade cocoa, recycle nutrients and produce many useful products. Indigenous fruit trees such as African plum (Dacryodes edulis), bush mango (Irvingia gabonenis) and njansang (Ricinodendron heudolotii) together with exotics such as (Citrus spp.), mango (Mangifera indica), guava (Psidium guajava) and avocado (Persea americana) make an important contribution to local diets and provide additional sources of income to local households. However, soil fertility and weed pressure are technical problems that must be overcome if cocoa agroforests are to be established in the Chromolaena odorata thickets that characterize the short fallow land uses in West Africa. Fertilizer supplementation and increased labor will be required for weed control, particularly during the establishment phase, yet fertilizer use is not currently practiced in cocoa agroforests in southern Cameroon, as cost and availability limit its use. 2021-02-05T21:32:18Z 2021-02-05T21:32:18Z 1999 Hoja de trabajo https://repositorio.catie.ac.cr/handle/11554/10278 en International Symposium Multi-strata Agroforestry Systems with Perennial Crops (22-27 Feb 1999 : Turrialba, Costa Rica) info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess application/pdf Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE)
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topic	THEOBROMA CACAO COCOS NUCIFERA CITRUS DACRYODES EDULIS MANGIFERA INDICA PSIDIUM GUAJAVA PERSEA AMERICANA ELAEIS GUINEENSIS FRUTALES CARBON BIODIVERSIDAD CONSUMO ANALISIS ECONOMICO DESARROLLO RURAL PLANTAS MEDICINALES Sede Central
spellingShingle	THEOBROMA CACAO COCOS NUCIFERA CITRUS DACRYODES EDULIS MANGIFERA INDICA PSIDIUM GUAJAVA PERSEA AMERICANA ELAEIS GUINEENSIS FRUTALES CARBON BIODIVERSIDAD CONSUMO ANALISIS ECONOMICO DESARROLLO RURAL PLANTAS MEDICINALES Sede Central Gockowski, J Dury, S The economics of cocoa-fruit agroforests in Southern Cameroon
description	The cocoa and fruit agroforests of southern Cameroon are among the most sustainable land-use systems in the forest zone of West and Central Africa. The middle and upper strata shade cocoa, recycle nutrients and produce many useful products. Indigenous fruit trees such as African plum (Dacryodes edulis), bush mango (Irvingia gabonenis) and njansang (Ricinodendron heudolotii) together with exotics such as (Citrus spp.), mango (Mangifera indica), guava (Psidium guajava) and avocado (Persea americana) make an important contribution to local diets and provide additional sources of income to local households. However, soil fertility and weed pressure are technical problems that must be overcome if cocoa agroforests are to be established in the Chromolaena odorata thickets that characterize the short fallow land uses in West Africa. Fertilizer supplementation and increased labor will be required for weed control, particularly during the establishment phase, yet fertilizer use is not currently practiced in cocoa agroforests in southern Cameroon, as cost and availability limit its use.
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title	The economics of cocoa-fruit agroforests in Southern Cameroon
title_short	The economics of cocoa-fruit agroforests in Southern Cameroon
title_full	The economics of cocoa-fruit agroforests in Southern Cameroon
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The economics of cocoa-fruit agroforests in Southern Cameroon

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