The cocoa bioeconomy in the eastern Amazon: An integrated analysis of production, environmental degradation perceptions and socioeconomic factors among farmers

IF 6.1 1区 农林科学 Q1 AGRICULTURE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Vanessa da Paixão Alves , Débora Gonzaga Martin , Tereza Cristina Giannini , Renato Silva Junior , José Tasso Felix Guimarães , Gabriel Costa Maciel Moia , Rosa de Nazaré Paes da Silva
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Abstract

CONTEXT

The sustainability of cocoa production in the Eastern Amazon is increasingly challenged by trade-offs between productivity and environmental conservation. Agroforestry systems (AFS) are often promoted as alternatives to monocultures, yet empirical evidence concerning their long-term performance remains limited.

OBJECTIVE

This investigate aims to assess how socioeconomic, productive, and environmental factors influence cocoa productivity across different production systems—AFS, monoculture, and intercropping—and to evaluate the alignment between farmers' environmental perception and objective degradation indicators.

METHODS

Data were collected from 514 cocoa producers in Tucumã and Ourilândia perform Norte, Pará, Brazil. A multinomial logistic regression model was applied to identify predictors of productivity levels. Principal Component Factor Analysis in conjunction with polychoric correlation matrix was used to construct environmental perception metrics, validated through triangulation in conjunction with MapBiomas land cover data.

RESULTS

A temporal trade-off was identified: monocultures showed higher initial productivity nonetheless declined over time due to soil degradation and pest pressure. In contrast, AFS demonstrated greater long-term stability and better environmental outcomes. Older and a greater quantity educated farmers were a greater quantity likely to adopt AFS. Women-managed properties showed higher diversification and lower market vulnerability. Farmers' environmental perceptions correlated significantly in conjunction with objective vegetation and water body coverage data.

CONCLUSIONS

AFS offer a viable model for reconciling agricultural productivity in conjunction with environmental conservation in the Amazon. However, structural barriers—including access to education, credit, and technical assistance—hinder wider adoption.

SIGNIFICANCE

These findings uphold policy strategies promoting sustainable intensification through incentive mechanisms exemplified by payments for environmental services (PES), gender-inclusive rural extension programs, and territorial development plans. The investigate contributes to the debate concerning tropical agroecosystem management by integrating ecological knowledge, traditional practices, and socioeconomic equity into a multidisciplinary framework.

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东亚马逊地区的可可生物经济:农民对生产、环境退化认知和社会经济因素的综合分析
东亚马逊地区可可生产的可持续性日益受到生产力和环境保护之间权衡的挑战。农林复合系统(AFS)经常被推广为单一栽培的替代品,但关于其长期性能的经验证据仍然有限。本研究旨在评估社会经济、生产和环境因素如何影响不同生产系统(afs、单一栽培和间作)的可可产量,并评估农民的环境感知与客观退化指标之间的一致性。方法收集来自巴西parte北部Tucumã和ouril nindia的514家可可生产商的数据。采用多项逻辑回归模型确定生产率水平的预测因子。主成分因子分析结合多元相关矩阵用于构建环境感知指标,并通过结合MapBiomas土地覆盖数据的三角测量进行验证。结果发现了一种时间权衡:单一栽培的初始生产力较高,但随着时间的推移,由于土壤退化和虫害压力而下降。相比之下,AFS表现出更大的长期稳定性和更好的环境结果。年龄较大和受教育程度较高的农民更有可能采用AFS。女性管理的房产表现出更高的多样化和更低的市场脆弱性。农民的环境感知与客观植被和水体覆盖数据显著相关。结论safs为亚马逊地区农业生产力与环境保护的协调提供了一种可行的模式。然而,结构性障碍——包括获得教育、信贷和技术援助的机会——阻碍了更广泛的采用。这些发现支持通过激励机制促进可持续集约化的政策战略,例如环境服务支付、性别包容的农村推广计划和领土发展计划。该研究通过将生态知识、传统做法和社会经济公平纳入多学科框架,促进了关于热带农业生态系统管理的辩论。
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Agricultural Systems
Agricultural Systems 农林科学-农业综合
CiteScore
13.30
自引率
7.60%
发文量
174
审稿时长
30 days
期刊介绍: Agricultural Systems is an international journal that deals with interactions - among the components of agricultural systems, among hierarchical levels of agricultural systems, between agricultural and other land use systems, and between agricultural systems and their natural, social and economic environments. The scope includes the development and application of systems analysis methodologies in the following areas: Systems approaches in the sustainable intensification of agriculture; pathways for sustainable intensification; crop-livestock integration; farm-level resource allocation; quantification of benefits and trade-offs at farm to landscape levels; integrative, participatory and dynamic modelling approaches for qualitative and quantitative assessments of agricultural systems and decision making; The interactions between agricultural and non-agricultural landscapes; the multiple services of agricultural systems; food security and the environment; Global change and adaptation science; transformational adaptations as driven by changes in climate, policy, values and attitudes influencing the design of farming systems; Development and application of farming systems design tools and methods for impact, scenario and case study analysis; managing the complexities of dynamic agricultural systems; innovation systems and multi stakeholder arrangements that support or promote change and (or) inform policy decisions.
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