Climate change, cocoa migrations and deforestation in West Africa: What does the past tell us about the future?

Cocoa farming has been a major driver of deforestation in West Africa, notably in Côte d’Ivoire, the world’s leading cocoa producer. Cocoa has been a “pioneer crop” that was grown after forest clearing, and instead of replanting aging plantations, farmers usually migrated to the forest frontiers to...

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