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Agroforestry, Cocoa Production and Sustainable Income - Couverture souple

Boateng, Samuel

 
9783659957215: Agroforestry, Cocoa Production and Sustainable Income
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 3659957216 ISBN 13 : 9783659957215
Editeur : LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2016

Synopsis

Shade trees are known to have an impact on the lifespan of cocoa farms. The use of indigenous fruit trees as shade trees in cocoa farms has not been given the needed attention. Indigenous fruit trees have a key role in diversification of income in cocoa farms in Ghana. However, not enough biophysical data has been gathered on cocoa-indigenous fruit trees agroforestry to provide proper managerial advice for farmers. This book shows the potential of some indigenous fruit trees as shade trees in cocoa farms and the interactions between the cocoa and the indigenous fruit trees. A survey on farmers’ knowledge revealed challenges and the need to address them. Experiments to optimize vegetative propagation of C. albidum showed that stem cuttings with 40 cm2 leaf area on Sawdust medium gave optimum rooting of 77.8%. On-farm data collection enabled stocking of C. albidum fruit tree per hectare to be calculated based on allometric equations. The key recommendations are optimal planting distances and density for different age and class sizes of C. albidum trees in cocoa farms as well as pruning of fruit trees and cocoa trees to increase percentage light interception for higher yield.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Shade trees are known to have an impact on the lifespan of cocoa farms. The use of indigenous fruit trees as shade trees in cocoa farms has not been given the needed attention. Indigenous fruit trees have a key role in diversification of income in cocoa farms in Ghana. However, not enough biophysical data has been gathered on cocoa-indigenous fruit trees agroforestry to provide proper managerial advice for farmers. This book shows the potential of some indigenous fruit trees as shade trees in cocoa farms and the interactions between the cocoa and the indigenous fruit trees. A survey on farmers’ knowledge revealed challenges and the need to address them. Experiments to optimize vegetative propagation of C. albidum showed that stem cuttings with 40 cm2 leaf area on Sawdust medium gave optimum rooting of 77.8%. On-farm data collection enabled stocking of C. albidum fruit tree per hectare to be calculated based on allometric equations. The key recommendations are optimal planting distances and density for different age and class sizes of C. albidum trees in cocoa farms as well as pruning of fruit trees and cocoa trees to increase percentage light interception for higher yield.

Biographie de l'auteur

Samuel K. Boateng received a Ph.D. in Plant Physiology from the University of Reading, UK in 2012. Dr. Boateng's research interests include the use of indigenous fruit trees in cocoa agroforestry for income diversification and conservation of crop germplasm. He is the Head of Plant Genetic Conservation Division of CSIR-PGRRI, Ghana.

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Éditeur
LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
Date d'édition
2016
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3659957216
ISBN 13 
9783659957215
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
276
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