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Analyzing influencing factors to scale up agroforestry systems in Colombia: A comparative ex-ante assessment of cacao farming and cattle ranching in two regions

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Title Analyzing influencing factors to scale up agroforestry systems in Colombia: A comparative ex-ante assessment of cacao farming and cattle ranching in two regions
 
Creator Rodríguez, Tatiana
Bonatti, Michelle
Lohr, Katharina
Lana, Marcos A.
Del Rio, Martha
Stefan Sieber
 
Subject scaling up
impact assessment
land management
sustainable agriculture
theobroma cacao-cacao (plant)
silvopastoral systems
escala
evaluación del impacto
manejo del suelo
agricultura sostenible
theobroma cacao-cacao
sistemas silvopascícolas
forestry
 
Description Agroforestry systems (AFS) are proved to enhance sustainable land management. Thus, there is increasing demand for effective ways to scale up AFS so that more people can benefit. Consequently, this study assesses the scaling-up potential of agroforestry systems (AFS) using cacao farming and cattle ranching in Caquetá and Cesar, Colombia, as examples. An ex-ante assessment using the ScalA tool is conducted through interviews with AFS experts from institutions promoting AFS. Using a comparative approach, results reveal that AFS have different scaling-up potential depending on the type of farming system and location characteristics. In our case, it is slightly higher for cacao farming than for cattle ranching in both regions and it is higher in Caquetá than in Cesar for both systems. Factors hindering the scaling-up potential for both regions are economic conditions at the local and regional levels since there is a lack of stable and differentiated markets to absorb AFS products. In contrast, the scaling-up potential in both regions is increased by the factors related to the capacity of the organizations that promote AFS and the attitudes of local communities toward them. The study generates information about factors that may hinder or foster AFS scaling-up, including not just the capacities and mechanisms to promote them but also the enabling conditions. This contributes to prioritizing AFS interventions and better allocating their resources to increase their chances of successful scaling-up.
 
Date 2022-02
2023-01-23T21:45:05Z
2022-01-18T21:45:05Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Rodríguez, T.; Bonatti, M.; Lohr, K.; Lana, M.A.; Del Rio, M.; Sieber, S. (2022) Analyzing influencing factors to scale up agroforestry systems in Colombia: A comparative ex-ante assessment of cacao farming and cattle ranching in two regions. Agroforestry Systems 96 p. 435-446. ISSN: 0167-4366
0167-4366
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/127928
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10457-022-00730-1
 
Rights CC-BY-4.0
Open Access
 
Format p. 435-446
application/pdf
 
Publisher Springer
 
Source Agroforestry Systems