The Ecological Limits of Poverty Alleviation in an African Forest-Agriculture Landscape
Cocoa yields in Ghana remain low. This has variously been attributed to low rates of fertilizer application, pollinator limitation, and particularly dry growing conditions. In this paper we use an African forest-agriculture landscape dominated by cocoa (Theobroma cacao) to develop an ecological prod...
Main Authors: | Morel, A, Hirons, M, Adu Sasu, M, Quaye, M, Ashley Asare, R, Mason, J, Adu-Bredu, S, Boyd, E, McDermott, C, Robinson, E, Straser, R, Malhi, Y, Norris, K |
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Format: | Journal article |
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Frontiers Media
2019
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