Full-sun cocoa farming is currently the most widespread cocoa cultivation system in humid and sub-humid Côte d’Ivoire. Higher short-term yields from increasing surfaces under cultivation in this farming system have contributed to the country being ranked as top cocoa producer in the world. However the negative consequences including biodiversity loss, soil fertility depletion and soil quality degradation associated with this system, have incredibly received so less attention that the type and magnitude of such agro-ecological consequences within the current context of climate change are worth investigating. The present study was undertaken in the former cocoa belt of Central-Western Côte d’Ivoire, precisely in the Oumé Department.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/ecological-changes-induced-full-sun-cocoa-farming-c%C3%B4te-d%E2%80%99ivoire
[2] http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2351989415000219
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/j%C3%A9r%C3%B4me-ebagnerin-tondoh
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/fran%C3%A7ois-n%E2%80%99guessan-kouam%C3%A9
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/arnauth-martinez-gu%C3%A9i-et-al
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/global-ecology-and-conservation
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/cocoa
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/cote-d-ivoire
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agriculture
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/soil-capability
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/deforestation
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/land-use
