Conservation in Brazil's chocolate forest: the unlikely persistence of the traditional cocoa agroecosystem
In southern Bahia, Brazil, the traditional cocoa agroecosystem with a dense shade canopy of native trees is now recognized as a secondary conservation route for highly endangered atlantic rainforest species. This "chocolate forest" of the densely shaded farms persists despite a massive 20-year brazilian government modernization program in wich shade was seen as a chief impediment to raising cocoa production. The objective of this study was to determine how this traditional agroecosystem endured. This research found that many farmers rejected, or only partially accepted, the shade reduction process although it promised much higher cocoa yield and profit. Policies designed to maintain the traditional agroecosystem through the current economic crisis should heed the multiple fuctions of the overhead trees.
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| Format: | biblioteca |
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Amsterdam (Países Bajos): Springer,
1999
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| Subjects: | THEOBROMA CACAO, DALBERGIA NIGRA, CEDRELA ODORATA, AGROFORESTERIA, SISTEMAS DE CULTIVO, PROTECCION FORESTAL, AGROECOSISTEMAS, CONSERVACION DE LA NATURALEZA, RENDIMIENTO DE CULTIVOS, PLAGAS DE PLANTAS, BAHIA, BRASIL, |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1007/s002679900166 |
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