Monika Schneider

TL;DR: In this article, the authors assessed agroecosystem resilience under three different cocoa cultivation systems (successional agroforestry, simple agro-forestry and common practice monocultures).

TL;DR: In this article, the authors 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.

TL;DR: Cocoa plots on certified organic farms displayed significantly higher tree species richness than plots on non-certified farms, suggesting that expanding the coverage of organic farmers’ organizations may be an effective strategy for fostering transitions from monoculture to agroforestry systems.

TL;DR: Investigating the influence of different production systems on Cd uptake by cocoa in a long-term field trial in the Alto Beni Region of Bolivia found lower Cd leaf contents in agroforestry systems than in monocultures when analysed in combination with DGT-available soil Cd, cocoa cultivar and soil organic matter.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors evaluated the impact of pruning on throughfall and micro-climate in three cocoa production systems (monoculture, agroforestry, and successional agro-forestry) and a natural regrowth in a long-term trial in Bolivia from 2013 to 2015.