Tree crops like cocoa offer significant environmental and economic benefits. Small farmers can grow cocoa under tree share to create continuous income from coca fruit harvesting. This also prevents the burning of forest areas and the destruction of biodiversity habitats. Protection of these standing forests with cocoa offers an immediate solution to sequester carbon. In degraded areas, tree crops are planted to improve soil filtration and erosion reduction and offset carbon. The incorporation of compost and the adoption of organic techniques for enhancing soil fertility and control of pesticides also allow for increased carbon storage. Sequestration can become an additional income for the farmers.
Carbon sequestrations Cocoa plantations, compost, litter addition
