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标题：Cocoa farming households in Ghana consider organic practices as climate smart and livelihoods enhancer
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作者：Joseph Bandanaa ; Irene Susana Egyir ; Isaac Asante 等
期刊名称：Agriculture & Food Security
电子版ISSN：2048-7010
出版年度：2016
卷号：5
期号：1
页码：29
DOI：10.1186/s40066-016-0077-1
语种：English
出版社：BioMed Central
摘要：Several state and non-state organizations are promoting organic agriculture as a climate smart option among cocoa farmers in the Ashanti region of Ghana. In this study, flora diversity and livelihoods position in organic and conventional farming were measured and compared. The experiment included 32 households with young plantations. Jaccard similarity, Shannon (H′) and Simpson (D) diversity indices were measured to assess species similarity, abundance, evenness and dominance. The sustainable livelihoods indicators were food security, income, vulnerability and well-being. The results showed that the species are quite similar. The H′ index for organic farms was slightly higher (0.808) than that of conventional farms (0.762); the D index (0.051) for organic was better than the conventional (0.084). The organic farmers studied had better sustainable livelihoods outcomes than the conventional farmers. Since organic farming has more biodiversity, farmers should be encouraged to practise it to improve livelihoods outcomes and enhance climate change mitigation.
关键词：Organic Farming ; Conventional Farm ; Jaccard Index ; Flora Diversity ; Sustainable Livelihood