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{"metadata":{"id":"00e85f544ab4bebb3b6d7823430836e1","source":"gardian_index","url":"https://cgspace.cgiar.org/rest/bitstreams/f2a6b877-409a-4709-93d7-af6fd04443d8/retrieve"},"pageCount":2,"title":"For more information on the study contact","keywords":[],"chapters":[{"head":"","index":1,"paragraphs":[{"index":1,"size":73,"text":"Cocoa is a staple of West African exports and agricultural production. The rural economy depends on cocoa income, and growing demand for sustainable and quality segment cocoa present market opportunities. However, long-term plans for greater resilience must be enacted to maintain the quality and improve the productivity of production in the face of climate change. In Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire alone about 1.5bn worth of cocoa could be lost without climate change adaptation."},{"index":2,"size":86,"text":"Climate Smart Cocoa (CSC) is not only about avoiding future losses but also about mitigating greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and improving the livelihoods of farmers by increasing the productivity and resilience of their farms. Cocoa farms in West Africa are vulnerable to an array of climate-related risks: Droughts, storms, torrential and irregular rainfall. Climate change is projected to increase the occurrence of such extreme events, as well as induce more gradual changes to cocoa farming suitability via higher average temperatures and a higher seasonality of rainfall."},{"index":3,"size":108,"text":"To support efficient adaptation at scale, we developed briefs of climate change impacts on cocoa production in West Africa, which contain cocoa specific climate analysis and climate smart solutions that can increase resilience at scale. Our gradient of climate change impacts shows the most likely degree of necessary adaptation effort across several potential future climate developments and the resulting recommendation domains should be used to scale out interventions. Our method used an AI classification model to evaluate the degree of climate change impacts in West Africa by comparing future (2040-69) to present  bioclimatic suitability for cocoa. We considered 19 climate projections from GCMs in a moderate emissions scenario."},{"index":4,"size":65,"text":"The gradient showed that most cocoa regions in West Africa will remain suitable, but have a high adaptation need. Substantial effort to adapt the production system, including its institutional support will be required. Only few areas will become suitable for cocoa in the future. Areas in lower slopes in Coastal regions may require a transformation to other crops because the climate becomes unsuitable for cocoa."},{"index":5,"size":80,"text":"Regions with low long term climate impact can be found on the central cocoa regions in Cote d'Ivoire and Ghana. The regions that will experience intermediate impacts, but can remain suitable with systemic adaptation efforts can be found in towards the traditional cocoa areas like Ashanti or Haut Sassendra. In areas closer to the Savannah adaptation needs are comprehensive and alternative crops may become more attractive. Some parts in Cameroon may become more attractive for cocoa cultivation in the future."}]},{"head":"Four degrees of adaptation effort","index":2,"paragraphs":[{"index":1,"size":51,"text":"For each climate scenario, we distinguished four impact zones: Cocoa production can either be sustained under low or high adaptation effort (incremental or systemic adaptation) or will become unprofitable such that should be substituted or radically transformed (transformation). In previously unsuitable regions (opportunity) cocoa may become a new option for farmers."},{"index":2,"size":26,"text":"We developed country briefs that contain detailed discussions of CSC for West Africa. Creating a favorable enabling environment is therefore paramount to mainstream resilient cocoa production."},{"index":3,"size":27,"text":"We consulted local stakeholders to elicit their opinion what public and private actors should do to reach all households and achieve sustainable cocoa regions in West Africa."},{"index":4,"size":52,"text":"With increasing degree of climate impact the complexity of adaptation increases. Farm level practice focused adaptation is limited to management decisions, and for more comprehensive adaptation, crucial inputs and information need to be provided by stakeholders beyond farm. Farmers often face prohibitive barriers to adopt some of the more effective CSC options."},{"index":5,"size":41,"text":"Strategy changes, such as a shift to alternative tree crops, e.g. fruit or wood production, or the usage of climate resilient varieties need to be facilitated by developing alternative value chains, provision of compatible and site-specific germplasm, and initial financial support."},{"index":6,"size":70,"text":"In many cases, this means that an enabling environment needs to be created by public and private stakeholders through policies, institutional arrangements, stakeholder platforms, and gender considerations, infrastructure, credit, insurance schemes, as well as access to weather information and advisory services. Oftentimes experts demand efficiency gains from more efficient guidance of farm management according to seasonal and weather forecast, but such services can't be developed by single individuals or organizations."},{"index":7,"size":73,"text":"We developed a list of climate smart practices that have the potential to confront projected climatic change and improve the resilience at farm level. Because many solutions have a long lead time, the challenge is to use currently available means and prioritize them to take into account evolving climate change. The following set of practices was developed through participatory workshops in Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire and validated through a review of scientific literature."},{"index":8,"size":44,"text":"The table lists the practices that were prioritized and evaluated by regional experts. The list is divided by the degree of impact. It should be understood as a portfolio of desirable practices from which the producer chooses what is best suited to its household."},{"index":9,"size":15,"text":"Additional information about the practices can be found in the country studies or at https://climatesmartcocoa.guide/."}]}],"figures":[{"text":" Follow these links: Cocoa in Cote d'Ivoire https://hdl.handle.net/10568/103790 Cocoa in Ghana https://hdl.handle.net/10568/103770 Cocoa in Liberia https://hdl.handle.net/10568/68881 For more information on the study contact: Dr. Christian Bunn ([email protected]) https://climatesmartcocoa.guide/ Most areas in West Africa have a high adaptation need to maintain a resilient cocoa production. Millions of low-income households in West Africa produce cocoa on small plots (<3ha). Their capacity to adopt novel practices is very limited, and consequently the potential of training activities to promote CSC practices. "}],"sieverID":"3e6d8bfb-dda8-43ef-829e-da1fa28ec17a","abstract":""}