RESEARCH NEEDS FOR SUSTAINABLE COCOA PRODUCTION IN GHANA

Fortunately, there are several opportunities projects could make use of to enhance their impact on sustainable cocoa production. Education and training, with inclusion of the local knowledge can improve motivation and participation. Payments from certification, PES and REDD+ could provide further incentives for farmers to participate. Farmers could be stimulated to plant trees, from which they can derive several benefits, and awareness of the likely impacts of climate change can increase willingness to do so. In and around forest reserves, forest restoration could increase biodiversity levels and fallow lands and sacred groves could also contribute to conservation. Finally, the CREMA and MTS concepts could provide important lessons for the set-up of the a landscape project.

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