Financial analysis of shaded cocoa in Ghana

ID: 
AFEGM16
Full title: 
Participatory trials of cocoa agroforests planted with indigenous shade tree species were undertaken with farmers in the Atwima District of the Ashanti Region of Ghana to increase tree volume on cocoa fields. An ex ante financial analysis of the technology was undertaken to assess its economic viability.
Publication date: 
21 April 2007
Maps: 
Agroforestry Evidence Gap Map
Regions: 
Sub-Saharan Africa
Countries: 
Ghana
Interventions: 
Enhancing access to tree germplasm
Outcomes: 
Profitability
Type of technology: 
Trees integrated with plantation crops
Link: 
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10457-007-9058-5