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spelling RepoCATIE126282024-07-18T13:17:34Z Interactions between climate, shade canopy characteristics and cocoa production in Colombia Casanoves, Fernando Hernández-Nuñez, Héctor Eduardo Suárez, Juan Carlos Andrade, Hernán J Sánchez Acosta, José Ramiro Duarte Núñez, Ramiro Gutiérrez, David Ricardo Gutiérrez, Gustavo Adolfo Gutiérrez-Montes, Isabel Sistemas agroforestales||agroforestry systems||sistemas agroflorestais||systèmes agroforestiers Sombra||shade||sombra||ombre Theobroma cacao||Theobroma cacao||Theobroma cacao||Theobroma cacao Producción||production||produção||production Servicios de los ecosistemas||ecosystem services||undefined||services écosystémiques Composición botánica||botanical composition||composição botânica||composition botanique Colombia||Colombia||Colômbia||Colombie Cocoa Self consumption Sede Central ODS 12 - Producción y consumo responsables Properly designed agroforestry systems (AFS) can generate optimal cocoa bean (BC) yields, produce co-products and provide ecosystem services. This study analyzes the interactions between climate, AFS structure and BC yield in six climatic zones across three natural regions of Colombia. A total of 305 plots of 1,000 m2 each were established in 132 farms where the cocoa-AFS structure, BC yield and climatic variables were determined. Five typologies of cocoa-AFS were obtained based on the characteristics of the shade canopy and the abundance of cocoa trees: “Highly diversified multistratum with high biomass” (HDMHB),“Diversified multistratum with high shade and abundance of Musaceae (DMHSM),” “Diversified multistratum with high abundance of cocoa trees (DMHDC),” “Diversified monostratum with low shade (DMLS)” and “monostratum with minimal shade (MMS).” In the departments of Huila and Caquetá, Andean and Amazonia regions, respectively, the HDMHB typology predominated, while in Meta, the Orinoquia region, it was MMS. In the temperate-humid zone, the DMHDC and DMHSM typologies were not found. A high floristic diversity of the shade canopy was found: 229 species; Caquetá registered the highest number (152). The most frequent canopy companion species were Musa paradisiaca, Cariniana pyriformis, Cedrela odorata, Psidium guajava, Musa sapientum, and Cordia alliodora. The highest abundance of cocoa trees occurs in areas with lower temperature and relative humidity and in AFS with lower abundance of fruit and timber trees. Zones with higher temperature and lower precipitation had higher abundance of timber species (r = 0.23). The BC yield is higher in areas with higher precipitation and is related to the lower abundance of individuals of timber and fruit species, and to the higher abundance of Fabaceae. The BC yield depends on the typology (p < 0.0001) of the cacao systems and was higher in DMHDC (1,148 kg ha−1 yr.−1). These results are key for the design of cocoa-AFS farms that maximize the integral production of BC, co-products and ecosystem services, approaching sustainable cocoa farming. 2024-02-28T20:02:16Z 2024-02-28T20:02:16Z 2024-02-09 Artículo https://repositorio.catie.ac.cr/handle/11554/12628 openAccess en Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2024.1295992 13 páginas application/pdf Frontiers
institution Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza
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language Inglés
topic Sistemas agroforestales||agroforestry systems||sistemas agroflorestais||systèmes agroforestiers
Sombra||shade||sombra||ombre
Theobroma cacao||Theobroma cacao||Theobroma cacao||Theobroma cacao
Producción||production||produção||production
Servicios de los ecosistemas||ecosystem services||undefined||services écosystémiques
Composición botánica||botanical composition||composição botânica||composition botanique
Colombia||Colombia||Colômbia||Colombie
Cocoa
Self consumption
Sede Central
ODS 12 - Producción y consumo responsables
spellingShingle Sistemas agroforestales||agroforestry systems||sistemas agroflorestais||systèmes agroforestiers
Sombra||shade||sombra||ombre
Theobroma cacao||Theobroma cacao||Theobroma cacao||Theobroma cacao
Producción||production||produção||production
Servicios de los ecosistemas||ecosystem services||undefined||services écosystémiques
Composición botánica||botanical composition||composição botânica||composition botanique
Colombia||Colombia||Colômbia||Colombie
Cocoa
Self consumption
Sede Central
ODS 12 - Producción y consumo responsables
Casanoves, Fernando
Hernández-Nuñez, Héctor Eduardo
Suárez, Juan Carlos
Andrade, Hernán J
Sánchez Acosta, José Ramiro
Duarte Núñez, Ramiro
Gutiérrez, David Ricardo
Gutiérrez, Gustavo Adolfo
Gutiérrez-Montes, Isabel
Interactions between climate, shade canopy characteristics and cocoa production in Colombia
description Properly designed agroforestry systems (AFS) can generate optimal cocoa bean (BC) yields, produce co-products and provide ecosystem services. This study analyzes the interactions between climate, AFS structure and BC yield in six climatic zones across three natural regions of Colombia. A total of 305 plots of 1,000 m2 each were established in 132 farms where the cocoa-AFS structure, BC yield and climatic variables were determined. Five typologies of cocoa-AFS were obtained based on the characteristics of the shade canopy and the abundance of cocoa trees: “Highly diversified multistratum with high biomass” (HDMHB),“Diversified multistratum with high shade and abundance of Musaceae (DMHSM),” “Diversified multistratum with high abundance of cocoa trees (DMHDC),” “Diversified monostratum with low shade (DMLS)” and “monostratum with minimal shade (MMS).” In the departments of Huila and Caquetá, Andean and Amazonia regions, respectively, the HDMHB typology predominated, while in Meta, the Orinoquia region, it was MMS. In the temperate-humid zone, the DMHDC and DMHSM typologies were not found. A high floristic diversity of the shade canopy was found: 229 species; Caquetá registered the highest number (152). The most frequent canopy companion species were Musa paradisiaca, Cariniana pyriformis, Cedrela odorata, Psidium guajava, Musa sapientum, and Cordia alliodora. The highest abundance of cocoa trees occurs in areas with lower temperature and relative humidity and in AFS with lower abundance of fruit and timber trees. Zones with higher temperature and lower precipitation had higher abundance of timber species (r = 0.23). The BC yield is higher in areas with higher precipitation and is related to the lower abundance of individuals of timber and fruit species, and to the higher abundance of Fabaceae. The BC yield depends on the typology (p < 0.0001) of the cacao systems and was higher in DMHDC (1,148 kg ha−1 yr.−1). These results are key for the design of cocoa-AFS farms that maximize the integral production of BC, co-products and ecosystem services, approaching sustainable cocoa farming.
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author Casanoves, Fernando
Hernández-Nuñez, Héctor Eduardo
Suárez, Juan Carlos
Andrade, Hernán J
Sánchez Acosta, José Ramiro
Duarte Núñez, Ramiro
Gutiérrez, David Ricardo
Gutiérrez, Gustavo Adolfo
Gutiérrez-Montes, Isabel
author_facet Casanoves, Fernando
Hernández-Nuñez, Héctor Eduardo
Suárez, Juan Carlos
Andrade, Hernán J
Sánchez Acosta, José Ramiro
Duarte Núñez, Ramiro
Gutiérrez, David Ricardo
Gutiérrez, Gustavo Adolfo
Gutiérrez-Montes, Isabel
author_sort Casanoves, Fernando
title Interactions between climate, shade canopy characteristics and cocoa production in Colombia
title_short Interactions between climate, shade canopy characteristics and cocoa production in Colombia
title_full Interactions between climate, shade canopy characteristics and cocoa production in Colombia
title_fullStr Interactions between climate, shade canopy characteristics and cocoa production in Colombia
title_full_unstemmed Interactions between climate, shade canopy characteristics and cocoa production in Colombia
title_sort interactions between climate, shade canopy characteristics and cocoa production in colombia
publisher Frontiers
publishDate 2024
url https://repositorio.catie.ac.cr/handle/11554/12628
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