How can cocoa farmers adapt to climate change?

Climate change threatens crops across sub-Saharan Africa, where most farmers rely on rainfall. Researchers investigated the benefits of cultivating cocoa in Ghana under shade trees – #agroforestry. It turns out that this helps in wetter regions but in areas where water is already scarce, there can be competition for resources: https://www.uni-goettingen.de/en/3240.html?id=8004

Research in #AgriculturalSystems: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2025.104519

Livia Cabernard, Professor of #SustainabilityAssessment of Food and #AgriculturalSystems, and ETH Zurich scientists show that #agriculturaltrade causes triple the #biodiversityloss in tropical regions than previously estimated: http://go.tum.de/192601 🌱

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