cocoa
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From theory to practice: Building livelihoods through agroforestry
In Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo, hands-on, long-term agroforestry training is helping young entrepreneurs build businesses, improve food security…
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The case for cocoa: A ‘golden ticket’ for Pacific farmers?
Papua New Guinea grows some of the world’s finest cocoa. On the Managalas Plateau, farmers are reviving old trees and…
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Detecting the invisible: A breakthrough in the fight against swollen shoot in Côte d’Ivoire
In Vavoua, in west-central Côte d’Ivoire, a group of cocoa farmers gathers under a wooden shelter as they often do…
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Higher income from cocoa may lead to Congo Basin deforestation
Cocoa agroforestry that improves local livelihoods: sounds like a win-win for people and ecosystems, right? But a new study analyzing…
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Toward nature-positive trade in Asia’s agriculture supply chains
Making agricultural production more sustainable is a key challenge of our time – and it requires reckoning with an intricate…
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How to tap agroforestry’s huge potential as a natural climate solution
In the rainforested northern regions of Peru, cutting-edge climate-smart farming practices are flying under the radar. Multitudes of smallholders in…
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Study: Cocoa disease devastates Côte d’Ivoire livelihoods – but hope remains
Cocoa Swollen Shoot Disease (CSSD), a viral infection spread by mealybugs, has reached endemic status in West Africa. Combined with…
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Cocoa, mangoes and pigs: catalyzing green finance in Ghana
In Eastern Ghana, mango farmer Abraham Akornor – head of the 50-strong Klo Mango Association – shared some of the…
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Experts map matrix of certification standards at World Forestry Congress
Establishing certification standards for forestry and agricultural commodities is no straightforward matter, particularly for smallholder farmers. Voluntary standards of the…
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Keep fossil fuels in focus while talking forests and trees at COP26, says forestry expert
Putting land use issues — including deforestation, reforestation and restoration — front and center at the U.N. COP26 climate summit…
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Wrong way to chocolate: Turn back now
At a recent gathering of leading researchers and practitioners in the cocoa sector, main topics of discussion included the continuing…
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Cocoa in Ivory Coast to benefit from ‘companion trees’
Ivory Coast, the world’s top cocoa producer, is moving toward embracing a new “cocoa agroforestry” model,” according to a leading…
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Logging and mines occupy Baka Pygmy hunting areas in Cameroon
Pushed off their customary lands and severed from their traditional way of life, Indigenous communities living on roadsides in the…
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Nature-based solutions fuel new Resilient Landscapes initiative
A new initiative seeks to bring public-private collaborators together, to overturn funding hurdles and develop new strategies to address challenges…
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Producing legal, sustainable and zero-deforestation cocoa in Cameroon won’t be easy
Global demand for goods produced under legal and sustainability standards is on the rise. These days, many consumers demand reassurance…
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