Predicting the future climatic suitability for cocoa farming of the world's leading producer countries, Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire

Climatic Change

Volumn 119, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 841-854

  Laderach P ^a   Martinez Valle, A ^a   Schroth, G ^b   Castro, N ^a  

^a International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)   (Nicaragua)

^b Conservation International Africa and Madagascar Field Division ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE PREDICTION; CURRENT DISTRIBUTION; DEVELOPING STRATEGY; FUTURE CLIMATE SCENARIOS; GLOBAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTS; NATIONAL ECONOMY; SUPPLY CHAIN ACTORS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CROPS; FORECASTING; FORESTRY;

COCOA;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE PREDICTION; COCOA; CROP PRODUCTION; FUTURE PROSPECT; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; RURAL POPULATION; VULNERABILITY;

FARM CROPS; GHANA; PRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; THEOBROMA;

COTE D'IVOIRE; GHANA;

BARLERIA OPACA; THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 84880573720     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-013-0774-8     Document Type: Article

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