Effects of Tree-crop Farming on Land-cover Transitions in a Mosaic Landscape in the Eastern Region of Ghana.

Tree crops such as cocoa and oil palm are important to smallholders’ livelihoods and national economies of tropical producer countries. Governments seek to expand tree-crop acreages and improve yields. Existing literature has analyzed socioeconomic and environmental effects of tree-crop expansion, b...

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Published in:Environmental Management Vol. 62; no. 3; pp. 529 - 548
Main Authors: Asubonteng, Kwabena, Pfeffer, Karin, Ros-Tonen, Mirjam, Verbesselt, Jan, Baud, Isa
Format: Journal Article
Published: Springer Nature Sep2018
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