Cashew as a high agricultural commodity in West Africa: insights towards sustainable production in Guinea-Bissau

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Autor(a) principal: Monteiro, Filipa
Data de Publicação: 2017
Outros Autores: Catarino, Luís, Batista, Dora, Indjai, Bucar, Duarte, Maria Cristina, Romeiras, Maria
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/14142
Resumo: Case Report
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spelling Cashew as a high agricultural commodity in West Africa: insights towards sustainable production in Guinea-Bissausustainable productionWest Africafood securitycashewagroecosystemGuinea-BissauCase ReportIn Sub-Saharan Africa, the West African region has highly diverse agro-climatic conditions, which grant the potential for a remarkable agricultural production of a great diversity of crops. Since the 1980s, the production volumes of most crops have grown vigorously for both domestic and export markets. Traditional food crops—such as rice, groundnuts and sorghum—have been replaced by cash crops, namely cashew. Among the main cashew production areas, West Africa is the most recent and dynamic in the world, accounting for 45% of the worldwide production of cashew nuts in 2015. In consequence, cashew cultivation has acquired an important position in West African smallholder farming, providing positive economic and social effects. In this paper, we provide an overview of the cashew production system in the West African region, using Guinea-Bissau as a case study. In particular, we present some viewpoints concerning the impact of cashew production and discuss how the strong dependence on a single cash crop can compromise the local livelihoods and food security. Finally, some insights are given towards the sustainable production of cashew in the face of the recent risks affecting the agricultural sector in West AfricaMDPIRepositório da Universidade de LisboaMonteiro, FilipaCatarino, LuísBatista, DoraIndjai, BucarDuarte, Maria CristinaRomeiras, Maria2017-10-04T15:04:23Z20172017-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/14142engSustainability 2017, 9, 166610.3390/su9091666info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-03-06T14:44:12Zoai:www.repository.utl.pt:10400.5/14142Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T17:00:01.634101Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Cashew as a high agricultural commodity in West Africa: insights towards sustainable production in Guinea-Bissau
title Cashew as a high agricultural commodity in West Africa: insights towards sustainable production in Guinea-Bissau
spellingShingle Cashew as a high agricultural commodity in West Africa: insights towards sustainable production in Guinea-Bissau
Monteiro, Filipa
sustainable production
West Africa
food security
cashew
agroecosystem
Guinea-Bissau
title_short Cashew as a high agricultural commodity in West Africa: insights towards sustainable production in Guinea-Bissau
title_full Cashew as a high agricultural commodity in West Africa: insights towards sustainable production in Guinea-Bissau
title_fullStr Cashew as a high agricultural commodity in West Africa: insights towards sustainable production in Guinea-Bissau
title_full_unstemmed Cashew as a high agricultural commodity in West Africa: insights towards sustainable production in Guinea-Bissau
title_sort Cashew as a high agricultural commodity in West Africa: insights towards sustainable production in Guinea-Bissau
author Monteiro, Filipa
author_facet Monteiro, Filipa
Catarino, Luís
Batista, Dora
Indjai, Bucar
Duarte, Maria Cristina
Romeiras, Maria
author_role author
author2 Catarino, Luís
Batista, Dora
Indjai, Bucar
Duarte, Maria Cristina
Romeiras, Maria
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Monteiro, Filipa
Catarino, Luís
Batista, Dora
Indjai, Bucar
Duarte, Maria Cristina
Romeiras, Maria
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv sustainable production
West Africa
food security
cashew
agroecosystem
Guinea-Bissau
topic sustainable production
West Africa
food security
cashew
agroecosystem
Guinea-Bissau
description Case Report
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