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Existing Sustainability Interventions are Insufficient to Scale Up Cocoa Agroforestry in West Africa

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sustainability transitions in agri‐food systems are required to address climate change, biodiversity loss, and social inequities. In the West African cocoa sector, supply chain sustainability initiatives (SSIs) have emerged as key environmental governance tools to address these challenges and promote agroforestry.
Keessy Maria‐Prisca Kouakou, Joss Lyons‐White, William J. Thompson, Thomas Addoah, Federico Cammelli, Wilma J. Blaser‐Hart, Victoria Maguire‐Rajpaul, Evans Dawoe, Rachael D. Garrett   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of native and non-native shade trees on insect predation pressure on Kenyan coffee farms

Frontiers in Conservation Science
IntroductionAgroecosystem practices that aim to increase biodiversity and ecosystem services have the potential to benefit both wildlife and farmers. Shade-coffee systems are well-studied in the Neotropics, but less is known about the relationships among
Ximena Oviedo Moura, Julie A. Jedlicka, Samuel Lopes Oliveira, Matthew D. Johnson   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Tree Cover Loss in El Salvador's Shade Coffee Areas [PDF]

Shade coffee farms in Central America provide important ecological services. But because international coffee prices have fallen since 1990, many have been cleared to make way for more remunerative land uses.
Blackman, Allen, Chow, Jeffrey, Ávalos Sartorio, Beatriz   +2 more
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Linking gender equity and low-emissions agriculture [PDF]

, 2015
A pilot project in Honduras thwarts the recent epidemic of coffee leaf rust while also empowering women and supporting low-emission agriculture. Women farmers get access to small plots of land to plant with disease-resistant coffee and tree crops.
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
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The Hidden Costs of Coffee Production in the Eastern African Value Chains

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT There is increasing recognition that significant hidden costs associated with agrifood systems are not reflected in market prices. Coffee is among the three most traded agricultural commodities in the world and supports the livelihoods of more than 30 million smallholder households.
Annet Adong, Lukas Kornher, Bezawit Beyene Chichaibelu, Aslihan Arslan   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Growth and Productivity of Coffea arabica var. Esperanza L4A5 in Different Agroforestry Systems in the Caribbean Region of Costa Rica

Agriculture
This study focused on evaluating the growth and productivity of Coffea arabica var. Esperanza L4A5 in different agroforestry systems in the Caribbean region of Costa Rica, a non-traditional area for coffee cultivation due to its low altitude and ...
Victor Hugo Morales Peña, Argenis Mora Garcés, Elias De Melo Virginio Filho, Mario Villatoro Sánchez   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

MXene 3D‐AJP: Three‐Dimensional Well‐Oriented Freeform Networks of 2D MXene Nanosheets via Aerosol‐Based 3D Printing

Small, EarlyView.
This study presents an additive‐free aerosol jet 3D printing technique for assembling 2D MXene nanosheets into complex, customizable, high‐aspect‐ratio 3D microarchitectures without binders. By leveraging real‐time ink thickening, the authors also fabricate 3D microsupercapacitors with interdigitated electrodes that holds breakthrough device areal ...
Chunshan Hu, Bin Yuan, Sanjida Jahan, Md. Azahar Ali, Rahul Panat   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Three-Dimensional Scanning and Computational Simulation of Coffee Tree Branches

Agriculture
Coffee has significant economic importance in Brazil, which is the world’s largest exporter of this product. The main focus of this work is to obtain a computational model of coffee branches, using scanning techniques and experimental validation through ...
Davidson S. e Silva, Ricardo R. Magalhães, Fabio L. Santos, Mariana de Rezende Bonesio, Sandro P. da Silva   +4 more
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Managing commodity price fluctuations in Vietnam’s coffee industry

, 2002
The coffee tree was introduced into Vietnam by the French during the 1850s. Production, however, was relatively insignificant until after re-unification in 1975, when the policy of constructing “new economic zones” resulted in migration from the densely ...
de Fontenay, Patrick, Leung, Suiwah
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An Ecosystem to Develop Multi‐Agent Systems in Real‐World IoT Applications

Software: Practice and Experience, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Software agents and multi‐agent systems are critical components in the development of distributed autonomous systems, as they exhibit a wide range of “intelligence,” from reactive behaviors to advanced reasoning and planning. Integrating these capabilities into multi‐agent systems enables distributed artificial intelligence, a programming ...
Davide Carnemolla, Fabrizio Messina, Federico Fausto Santoro, Corrado Santoro   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source