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Cocoa production and forest dynamics in Ivory Coast from 1985 to 2019
Sabas, Barima Yao Sadaiou; Danmo, Konan Gislain; Madeleine, Kouakou Akoua Tamia et al.
2020In Land, 9 (12), p. 1 - 22
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Keywords :
Cocoa loop; Cocoa production; Forest dynamics; Ivory Coast; Migration; Global and Planetary Change; Ecology; Nature and Landscape Conservation
Abstract :
[en] The cocoa economy of Ivory Coast started in the eastern part of the country in the 1970s and spread to the central-western and then south-western regions. For nearly a decade, it has been in the West of Ivory Coast with a population increase caused by large waves of migration. This study aims to determine different factors explaining dynamics of the cocoa economy from the East to West of Ivory Coast. The method adopted consisted of processing Landsat images from 1985–2018 and an individual survey of 278 heads of households. The results obtained showed that the development of the cocoa economy led forest cover degradation with a total loss estimated at 60.80%, 46.39%, 20.76% and 51.18% of forest area in the East, Centre-West, South-West and West, respectively. The creation of new cocoa farms in the West of Ivory Coast is governed by non-native people (51.13%) settled between 2010 and 2018. About 41% of these producers come mainly from the Centre-West (25%) and the South-West (16%). In addition, 29% of producers come from the West of Ivory Coast. Despite the abiotic characteristics being considered unfavourable, the west of Ivory Coast is in the process of becoming the country’s new zone of high cocoa production.
Disciplines :
Agriculture & agronomy
Author, co-author :
Sabas, Barima Yao Sadaiou;  Environment Training and Research Unit, Jean Lorougnon Guédé University, Daloa, Cote d'Ivoire
Danmo, Konan Gislain;  Environment Training and Research Unit, Jean Lorougnon Guédé University, Daloa, Cote d'Ivoire
Madeleine, Kouakou Akoua Tamia;  Environment Training and Research Unit, Jean Lorougnon Guédé University, Daloa, Cote d'Ivoire
Bogaert, Jan  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département GxABT > Biodiversité et Paysage
Language :
English
Title :
Cocoa production and forest dynamics in Ivory Coast from 1985 to 2019
Publication date :
December 2020
Journal title :
Land
eISSN :
2073-445X
Publisher :
MDPI AG
Volume :
9
Issue :
12
Pages :
1 - 22
Peer reviewed :
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