Carbon storage in Ghanaian cocoa ecosystems

Abstract Background The recent inclusion of the cocoa sector as an option for carbon storage necessitates the need to quantify the C stocks in cocoa systems of Ghana. Results Using farmers’ fields, the carbon (C) stocks in shaded and unshaded cocoa systems selected from the Eastern (ER) and Western...

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Main Authors: Askia M. Mohammed, James S. Robinson, David Midmore, Anne Verhoef
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2016-05-01
Series:Carbon Balance and Management
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13021-016-0045-x