Analyzing influencing factors to scale up agroforestry systems in Colombia: A comparative ex-ante assessment of cacao farming and cattle ranching in two regions

dc.contributor.authorRodríguez, Tatiana
dc.contributor.authorBonatti, Michelle
dc.contributor.authorLöhr, Katharina
dc.contributor.authorLana, Marcos
dc.contributor.authorDel Río, Martha
dc.contributor.authorSieber, Stefan
dc.date.accessioned2023-02-15T04:10:14Z
dc.date.available2023-02-15T04:10:14Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.descriptionAcknowledgements: The authors thank all those who kindly agreed to be interviewed in both regions. © The Author(s) 2022. This article is published with open access at Springerlink.com and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . The Version of Scholarly Record of this Article is published in Agroforestry Systems, 2022, available online at: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10457-022-00730-1 . Keywords: scaling-up; impact assessment; land management; sustainable cacao production; silvopastoral systems.
dc.description.abstractAgroforestry systems (AFS) are proved to enhance sustainable land management. Thus, there is increasing demand for effective ways to scale up AFS so that more people can benefit. Consequently, this study assesses the scaling-up potential of agroforestry systems (AFS) using cacao farming and cattle ranching in Caquetá and Cesar, Colombia, as examples. An ex-ante assessment using the ScalA tool is conducted through interviews with AFS experts from institutions promoting AFS. Using a comparative approach, results reveal that AFS have different scaling-up potential depending on the type of farming system and location characteristics. In our case, it is slightly higher for cacao farming than for cattle ranching in both regions and it is higher in Caquetá than in Cesar for both systems. Factors hindering the scaling-up potential for both regions are economic conditions at the local and regional levels since there is a lack of stable and differentiated markets to absorb AFS products. In contrast, the scaling-up potential in both regions is increased by the factors related to the capacity of the organizations that promote AFS and the attitudes of local communities toward them. The study generates information about factors that may hinder or foster AFS scaling-up, including not just the capacities and mechanisms to promote them but also the enabling conditions. This contributes to prioritizing AFS interventions and better allocating their resources to increase their chances of successful scaling-up.
dc.description.sponsorshipOpen Access funding enabled and organized by Projekt DEAL. This research was supported by the project “Implementing sustainable agricultural and livestock systems for simultaneous targeting of forest conservation for climate change mitigation (REDD +) and peace-building in Colombia,” which is part of the International Climate Initiative (IKI). The Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) supports this initiative on the basis of a decision adopted by the German Bundestag (https://www.international-climate-initiative.com/).
dc.identifier.citationRodríguez, T., Bonatti, M., Löhr, K., Lana, M., Del Río, M., & Siber, S. (2022). Analyzing influencing factors to scale up agroforestry systems in Colombia: A comparative ex-ante assessment of cacao farming and cattle ranching in two regions. Agroforestry Systems, 96, 435–446. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10457-022-00730-1
dc.identifier.otherhttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10457-022-00730-1
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14096/269
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSpringer Nature
dc.titleAnalyzing influencing factors to scale up agroforestry systems in Colombia: A comparative ex-ante assessment of cacao farming and cattle ranching in two regions
dc.typeArticle

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