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| Title |
Carbon storage in Ghanaian cocoa ecosystems
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Carbon Balance and Management, May 2016
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| DOI | 10.1186/s13021-016-0045-x |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Askia M. Mohammed, James S. Robinson, David Midmore, Anne Verhoef |
| Abstract |
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. Using farmers' fields, the carbon (C) stocks in shaded and unshaded cocoa systems selected from the Eastern (ER) and Western (WR) regions of Ghana were measured. Total ecosystem C (biomass C + soil C to 60 cm depth) ranged from 81.8 to 153.9 Mg C/ha. The bulk (~89 %) of the systems' C stock was stored in the soils. The total C stocks were higher in the WR (137.8 ± 8.6 Mg C/ha) than ER (95.7 ± 8.6 Mg C/ha). Based on the cocoa cultivation area of 1.45 million hectares, the cocoa sector in Ghana potentially could store 118.6-223.2 Gg C in cocoa systems with cocoa systems aged within 30 years regardless of shade management. Thus, the decision to include the cocoa sector in the national carbon accounting emissions budget of Ghana is warranted. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 123 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 123 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 22 | 18% |
| Student > Master | 18 | 15% |
| Researcher | 16 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 8 | 7% |
| Other | 5 | 4% |
| Other | 17 | 14% |
| Unknown | 37 | 30% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 31 | 25% |
| Environmental Science | 23 | 19% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 5 | 4% |
| Engineering | 5 | 4% |
| Social Sciences | 4 | 3% |
| Other | 13 | 11% |
| Unknown | 42 | 34% |
Attention Score in Context
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#18,968,525
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#200
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#252,325
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#8
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