PUBLICATION | 2024 Cocoa production in the 2020s: challenges and solutions Background Cocoa ( Theobroma cacao L.) is a crop of huge economic significance worldwide and is grown mainly in tropical and subtropical countries. Currently, West Africa produces...
PUBLICATION | 2021 Cocoa eats the food: expansion of cocoa into food croplands in the Juabeso District, Ghana There is evidence that cocoa is expanding into food croplands in cocoa-producing landscapes in Ghana. This calls for effective monitoring to inform policy and interventions in these landscapes to minimise the possible adverse...
PUBLICATION | 2018 Demystifying the Cocoa Sector in Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire This major study aims to contribute to the cocoa sector’s body of knowledge and provide a solid evidence base to test common assumptions and beliefs. The research covers issues such...
PUBLICATION | 2025 Cocoa driven deforestation in Cameroon: Practices and policy Highlights: Data analysis indicates increasing cocoa-driven deforestation in Cameroon. Policies on deforestation and cocoa yields increases are ineffective, supporting expansion. Ground validation shows...
PUBLICATION | 2023 Cocoa Farmer Income - The household income of cocoa farmers in Côte d’Ivoire and strategies for improvement Highlights: One of Fairtrade’s most prominent products is cocoa. Fairtrade is pushing the sector to address the many challenges that endanger the long-term sustainability of cocoa and the people behind it...
PUBLICATION | 2024 The political ecology of cocoa agroforestry and implications for equitable land use in rural Ghana The relevance of cocoa agroforestry is widely discussed in debates on sustainability transition in cocoa, especially in the context of ending hunger and poverty among cocoa farmers. Whereas this has led...
PUBLICATION | 2021 Rehabilitation and renovation of cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.) agroforestry systems. A review Cocoa farmers must decide on whether to rehabilitate (Rh) or to renovate (Re) a cocoa orchard when its productivity declines due to ageing, disease outbreaks or other...
PUBLICATION | 2022 CIRAD - Cocoa roadmap summary. The road to sustainable cocoa growing [2022-2032] The coming years will be crucial for the cocoa value chain. The main issue is not just whether we will still be able to eat chocolate...
PUBLICATION | 2023 Agroecology as a means to improve energy metabolism and economic management in smallholder cocoa farmers in the Ecuadorian Amazon Cocoa is one of the most important crops in Ecuador, especially in the Ecuadorian Amazon, where >60,000 ha are dedicated to cocoa; 48,600 ha in production in 2021. Most...
PUBLICATION | 2020 Cocoa barometer 2020 The Cocoa Barometer 2020 provides an overview of the current sustainability developments in the cocoa sector and highlights critical issues. While previous Cocoa Barometers mainly focussed on...
