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Cacao agroforestry systems have higher return on labor compared to full-sun monocultures

hal.structure.identifierResearch Institute of Organic Agriculture - Forschungsinstitut für biologischen Landbau [FiBL]
dc.contributor.authorARMENGOT, Laura
hal.structure.identifierInteractions Sol Plante Atmosphère [UMR ISPA]
hal.structure.identifierResearch Institute of Organic Agriculture - Forschungsinstitut für biologischen Landbau [FiBL]
dc.contributor.authorBARBIERI, Pietro
hal.structure.identifierResearch Institute of Organic Agriculture - Forschungsinstitut für biologischen Landbau [FiBL]
hal.structure.identifierSwiss Federal Institute of Technology
dc.contributor.authorANDRES, Christian
hal.structure.identifierEcotop Consult
dc.contributor.authorMILZ, Joachim
hal.structure.identifierResearch Institute of Organic Agriculture - Forschungsinstitut für biologischen Landbau [FiBL]
dc.contributor.authorSCHNEIDER, Monika
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-08T12:09:10Z
dc.date.available2024-04-08T12:09:10Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.identifier.issn1774-0746
dc.identifier.urihttps://oskar-bordeaux.fr/handle/20.500.12278/196561
dc.description.abstractEnThe global demand for cacao has recently increased. To meet this demand, the cultivated area has been expanded in tropical forest areas and production has intensified by replacing traditional agroforestry systems with monocultures. This has led to a loss of biodiversity in cacao-growing areas. More sustainable production systems such as agroforestry and organic managed systems are expected to yield less cacao, but by-crops and premium prices, respectively, might economically compensate for the lower yields. Here, we compared the productivity and the return on labor, that is the return per working day, of four different cacao production systems: agroforestry and monocultures under organic and conventional management. Cacao and by-crop yields, costs, revenues, and labor were registered during the first 5 years after establishment. Results show that cacao yields were, on average, 41% higher in monocultures, but the revenues derived from agroforestry by-crops economically overcompensated for this difference. Indeed, the return on labor across the years was roughly twice as high in the agroforestry systems compared to the monocultures. We found similar cacao yields and return on labor in conventional and organically managed agroforestry systems. However, in the monocultures, cacao yields were 48% lower under organic compared with conventional farming, but the return on labor was similar, mainly due to the higher costs associated to the conventional management. Overall, our findings show that cacao agroforestry systems have higher return on labor.
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSpringer Verlag/EDP Sciences/INRA
dc.rights.urihttp://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/licences/copyright/
dc.subjectcacao
dc.subjectproductivité
dc.subjectagroforesterie
dc.subjectmonoculture
dc.subjectagriculture conventionnelle
dc.subjectagriculture biologique
dc.subject.enBolivie
dc.subject.eneconomic analysis
dc.subject.enlabor demand
dc.subject.enlong term experiment
dc.subject.enorganic farming
dc.subject.enTheobroma cacao L.
dc.subject.encocoa
dc.subject.ensingle crop farming
dc.subject.enconventional agriculture
dc.title.enCacao agroforestry systems have higher return on labor compared to full-sun monocultures
dc.typeArticle de revue
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s13593-016-0406-6
dc.subject.halSciences du Vivant [q-bio]
bordeaux.journalAgronomy for Sustainable Development
bordeaux.page10 p.
bordeaux.volume36
bordeaux.hal.laboratoriesInteractions Soil Plant Atmosphere (ISPA) - UMR 1391*
bordeaux.issue4
bordeaux.institutionBordeaux Sciences Agro
bordeaux.institutionINRAE
bordeaux.peerReviewedoui
hal.identifierhal-01602437
hal.version1
hal.popularnon
hal.audienceNon spécifiée
hal.origin.linkhttps://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr//hal-01602437v1
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