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Replication data for: Alemagi et al 2014 Intensification of Cocoa Agroforetry systems as REDD Strategy in Cameroon -IJAS

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Title Replication data for: Alemagi et al 2014 Intensification of Cocoa Agroforetry systems as REDD Strategy in Cameroon -IJAS
 
Identifier https://doi.org/10.34725/DVN/27183
 
Creator Alemagi, Dieudonne et al.
 
Publisher World Agroforestry - Research Data Repository
 
Description Tree planting and the use of inputs within cocoa agroforestry systems are key intensification pathways for enhancing the contribution of these systems to REDD+. However, scholarship on the hurdles, motivations, and challenges pertaining to intensification of these systems remains surprisingly scanty. A questionnaire addressing these knowledge gaps was administered to 461 cocoa farmers randomly selected from 10 communities in the South Region of Cameroon. The lack of technical support was identified as one of the main obstacles to tree planting and the use of inputs. The least motivating factor behind tree planting and the use of inputs was inadequate technical assistance. Limited access to
credit facilities was observed as of the most important challenges to tree planting and the use of inputs. Addressing the various hurdles and challenges and promoting the least motivation factor through proper incentive mechanisms could advance REDD+ since intensification pathways within these systems increase agricultural productivity thereby enabling farmers to stay on the same land. This results in less forest being cleared and allows for the recovery of forests degraded for the creation of these systems. In closing, we proffer incentive mechanisms for promoting intensification pathways within these cocoa agroforestry systems.
 
Subject Agricultural Sciences
Incentives
Intensification pathways
Cocoa agroforestry systems
REED+
Cameroon
Hurdles
Motivations
Challenges
Cocoa farmers
Communities
 
Date 2014
 
Type Survey Data