Kongor, John EdemBoeckx, PascalVermeir, PieterVan de Walle, DavyBaert, GeertAfoakwa, EODewettinck, Koen
Inadequate or lack of prudent soil fertility management by cocoa farmers leads to nutrient depletion in cocoa production fields. The objective of this study was to assess current soil fertility status of cocoa farms from six cocoa growing regions in Ghana and to derive an integrated soil quality index (SQI). Composite soil samples from 0 to 30cm de...
Traditional cocoa plantations in Ecuador are mostly composed of a complex mix of highly variable hybrid progenies, which has greatly reduced the population of native trees of the "Nacional" variety, to such a point that they are considered today as heading for extinction, which is increasingly worrying the international chocolate industry. Some yea...
