Ecological, economic and social perspectives on cocoa production worldwide

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 16, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 3835-3849

  Franzen, Margaret ^a   Borgerhoff Mulder, Monique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; Cacao; Cocoa production; Fair trade; Shade grown cocoa; Small farmers

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COCOA; CONSERVATION; CROP PRODUCTION; ECOLOGY; ECONOMICS; LAND USE; SHADING; SMALLHOLDER; SOCIAL POLICY;

AFRICA; ASIA; EURASIA; INDONESIA; LATIN AMERICA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 35448962075     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-007-9183-5     Document Type: Review

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