A Review of the Trade-Offs across Different Cocoa Production Systems in Ghana

Cocoa production is one of the leading causes deforestation in West Africa. Agroforestry cocoa systems are increasingly promoted as a possible solution to deforestation. This study seeks understand trade-offs within agroforestry full-sun and high-tech plantation Ghana. It uses secondary data collected from an extensive literature search. The results established various between yields other provisioning services derived services. While almost thrice those systems, total value all highest shaded systems. economic per hectarage yield estimated at USD 8140, 5320 5050 for shaded, respectively. also have higher ecosystem compared high pesticide use Ghana′s strongly linked water soil pollution, well adverse effects on human health. concludes that different Ghana types provision associated with externalities such effect pesticides soils, health, thus there need careful consideration system policy practice perspectives.