A road map for a sustainable cocoa development in Togo, West Africa
IDECC - Institute for Development, Ecology, Conservation and Cooperation NGO, Rome, Italy
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- Subject Areas
- Ecosystem Science
- Keywords
- Togo, value chain, ecology and conservation, West Africa, cacao production, poverty alleviation, sustainable development
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- © 2016 Dendi
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- This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, reproduction and adaptation in any medium and for any purpose provided that it is properly attributed. For attribution, the original author(s), title, publication source (PeerJ Preprints) and either DOI or URL of the article must be cited.
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- 2016. A road map for a sustainable cocoa development in Togo, West Africa. PeerJ Preprints 4:e1812v1 https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.1812v1
Abstract
Cacao production is one of the most important agro-forestry practice in West Africa. In Togo, cacao production is concentrated in the hilly area in the south-west of the country, close to the political border with Ghana. In this commentary paper, I summarize some of the main issues faced by cacao production value chain in Togo, highlighting its connections with poverty alleviation and ecosystem management and conservation practices. A road map of future needs is also presented and discussed.
Author Comment
This is a short commentary on the present and future trends of cacao production in Togo as related to environment and poverty alleviation.