A two-year field study in Ghana’s northern cocoa belt has revealed crucial insights into building climate-resistant cocoa farming systems through strategic shade tree integration. The research, funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG), comes at a critical time when West Africa, producing 70 percent of global cocoa, faces increasing climate pressures. The international research team, comprising scientists from the University of Göttingen, University of Munich, University of Tübingen, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, and the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Ghana, focused on the seasonal changes in leaf cycles of shade trees and their impact on cocoa production. … Continue reading Ghana Study: Shade Trees Key to Climate-Resilient Cocoa Farming