Biodiversa: Sustainable Sourcing Policies For Biodiversity Protection, Climate Mitigation, And Improved Livelihoods In The Cocoa Sector

A major driver of forest loss and degradation in the tropics is the production and trade of food commodities and associated land management practices, with cocoa being the leading forest-risk commodity in West Africa. Yet cocoa production in agroforestry systems harbours the potential to partially restore biodiversity in key hotspots.

The project aims to understand the conditions under which supply-chain sustainability initiatives (SSIs) can promote agroforestry adoption and assess the socio-economic and environmental trade-offs of diversified agroforestry. The work involves semi-structured interviews, on-farm biophysical measurements, and socio-economic household surveys conducted in Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire.