Socio-economic and environmental trade-offs and synergies of shade-tree management in cocoa agroforests: evidence from Brazil

Dekegel, Steffi;De Vleeschouwer, Kristel;Oliveira, Leonardo;Van den Broeck, Goedele
(2024) GLP’s 5th Open Science Meeting: Pathways to Sustainable and Just Land Systems — Location: Oaxaca, Mexico (4.November.2024)

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  • Dekegel, SteffiUCLouvain
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  • De Vleeschouwer, KristelAntwerp Zoo Centre for Research and Conservation
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  • Oliveira, LeonardoFaculdade de Formação de Professores, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
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  • Van den Broeck, Goedeleorcid-logoUCLouvain
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Abstract
Cocoa is an important agricultural commodity, which is traded globally at a constantly increasing demand. Cocoa production, however, is confronted with significant environmental and socio-economic challenges in tropical regions, highlighting the urgent need for more sustainable and holistic solutions. Agroforestry has been proposed as a nature-based solution, but the ongoing trend of shade-tree reduction in cocoa agroforestry systems jeopardizes the biodiversity conservation value of cacao agroforestry systems, while failing to ensure stable incomes to cocoa farmers.
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Dekegel, S., De Vleeschouwer, K., Oliveira, L., & Van den Broeck, G. (2024). Socio-economic and environmental trade-offs and synergies of shade-tree management in cocoa agroforests: evidence from Brazil. GLP’s 5th Open Science Meeting: Pathways to Sustainable and Just Land Systems, Oaxaca, Mexico. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/240540