Constraints for future cocoa production in Ghana

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2018, Pages 1373-1385

  Kongor, John Edem ^a,b   De Steur, Hans ^a   Van de Walle, Davy ^a   Gellynck, Xavier ^a   Afoakwa, Emmanuel Ohene ^b   Boeckx, Pascal ^a   Dewettinck, Koen ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Cocoa; Ghana; Productivity; Smallholder farmers; Sustainable intensification

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; BIODIVERSITY; COCOA; CROP PRODUCTION; FARM SIZE; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; PRIORITIZATION; PROFITABILITY; PRUNING; SMALLHOLDER;

GHANA;

MIRIDAE; THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 85015680694     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: 15729680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-017-0082-9     Document Type: Article

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