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About
INAFORESTA is an international voluntary group dedicated to the analysis and improvement of the relationships between cocoa, trees and forest worldwide and over the entire history of cocoa cultivation. By increasing the scientific, technical and public understanding of the dynamic relationships between cocoa, companion trees and forest, INAFORESTA aims at promoting better decision making.
Objectives
- Increase the goods and services
provided to the household, the environment and society by
companion trees of cocoa. Companion trees may provide
timber, fruits, firewood, honey, fibers, ameliorate the
microclimate to favour the growth and yield of cocoa, help
conserve soil, water and biodiversity, sequester atmospheric
carbon, contribute to global nutrient cycling, etc
- Decrease or mitigate the negative
impacts of cocoa cultivation on forest cover and enhance the
contribution of cocoa cultivation to local and global
ecological systems
- Create an electronic repository of relevant information, making this information available, supporting networking between research groups
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