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Production constraints on cocoa agroforetry systems in West and Central Africa: the need for integrated pest management and multi-institutional approaches

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Title Production constraints on cocoa agroforetry systems in West and Central Africa: the need for integrated pest management and multi-institutional approaches
 
Creator Sonwa, D.J.
Weise, S.F.
Adesina, A.A.
Nkongmeneck, B.A.
Tchatat, M.
Ndoye, O.
 
Subject cocoa (plant)
agroforestry
forests
landscape
farmers' attitudes
integrated control
plant diseases
integrated pest management
 
Description Cocoa-producing countries of West and Central Africa experienced a serious economic crisis in the early 1980s, when the cocoa sector was liberalized and the macroeconomic policies of the sector changed. These institutional changes created new difficulties and challenges for sustainable cocoa farming. Farmers in this region have recently turned to timber and non-timber production to offset the fluctuation of cocoa prices. In a survey of 300 cocoa farmers in the humid forest zone of Southern Cameroon, pest and disease outbreaks were identified as the major limiting factors to sustainable cocoa production. An analysis of pests and diseases affecting the cocoa plantations in the humid forest zone of West and Central Africa revealed strong links to the type of forest cover found on or near the cocoa plantation. An integrated approach to pest management is proposed and the paper concludes with a discussion of current efforts to address constraints posed by pests and diseases on sustainable cocoa farming in the four main cocoa-producing countries of West and Central Africa.
 
Date 2005
2012-06-04T09:09:26Z
2012-06-04T09:09:26Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Sonwa, D.J., Weise, S.F., Adesina, A.A., Nkongmeneck, A.B., Tchatat, M., Ndoye, O. 2005. Production constraints on cocoa agroforetry systems in West and Central Africa: the need for integrated pest management and multi-institutional approaches . Forestry Chronicle 81 (3) :345-349.
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/19418
https://www.cifor.org/knowledge/publication/1999
 
Language en
 
Format p. 345-349
 
Source Forestry Chronicle