Asare, R.    

Firstname:R. 
Surname:Asare 
Email:r.asare@cgiar.org 
Institute:IITA 
Homepage:http://www.iita.org 
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2024

Making climate-smart cocoa inclusive: towards a framework for gender transformation, Torvikey, G. D.*, Dalaa, M. A., Obeng Adomaa, F., Abdul-Razak, S., Amoah, I. A.*, Kofituo, R. K., Tettey, A. and Asare, R., in: South African Review of Sociology, pages 1-16, ISSN 2152-8586, 2024. [DOI]
 
Shade tree species matter: sustainable cocoa-agroforestry management, Asitoakor, B. K.*, Raebild, A., Vaast, P., Ravn, H. P., Owusu, K.*, Mensah, E. O.* and Asare, R., pages 59-92, chapter 3, Springer, ISBN 978-3-031-45634-3, 2024. [DOI]
 
Functional groups of leaf phenology are key to build climate-resilience in cocoa agroforestry systems, Abdulai, I., Hoffmann, M., Kahiluoto, H., Dippold, M. A., Ahmed, M. A., Asare, R., Asante, W. and Rotter, R. P., in: Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, volume 379, number -: 109363, pages 1-12, ISSN 0167-8809, 2024. [DOI]
 
Social challenges and opportunities in agroforestry: cocoa farmers' perspectives, Bosselmann, A., Boadi, S. A.*, Olwig, M. F. and Asare, R., pages 93-119, chapter 4, Springer, ISBN 978-3-031-45634-3, 2024. [DOI]
 
Household economics of cocoa agroforestry: costs and benefits, Boadi, S. A.*, Bosselmann, A., Owusu, K.*, Asare, R. and Olwig, M. F., pages 121-145, chapter 5, Springer, ISBN 978-3-031-45634-3, 2024. [DOI]
 
Cocoa under heat and drought stress, Mensah, E. O.*, Vaast, P., Asare, R., Amoatey, C.*, Owusu, K.*, Asitoakor, B. K.* and Raebild, A., pages 35-57, chapter 2, Springer, ISBN 978-3-031-45634-3, 2024. [DOI]
 
Soil quality reflects microbial resource availability and drives rhizosphere microbiome variation in Ghanaian cocoa farms, Schmidt, J., Addo-Danso, S. D.*, Asare, R., Tettey, A. and Isaac, M. E., in: Applied Soil Ecology, volume 198, number -: 105378, pages 1-9, ISSN 0929-1393, 2024. [DOI]
 
The potential of selected shade tree species for managing mirids and black pod disease infection in cocoa agroforestry systems in Ghana, Asitoakor, B. K.*, Raebild, A., Asare, R., Vaast, P., Howe, A. G., Eziah, V. Y.*, Owusu, K.*, Mensah, E. O.*, Kotey, A.* and Ravn, H. P., in: Crop Protection, volume 184, number -: 106810, pages 1-10, ISSN 0261-2194, 2024. [DOI]
 
Unmasking gender disparities in cocoa farming: the case of female land ownership in the Ashanti and Western North regions of Ghana, Buabeng, K., Lohr, K., Asare, R. and Sieber, S., in: Journal of Social and Economic Development, pages 1-18, ISSN 0972-5792, 2024. [DOI]
 
Introduction: climate, cocoa and trees, Olwig, M. F., Asare, R., Meilby, H., Vaast, P. and Owusu, K.*, pages 1-33, chapter 1, Springer, ISBN 978-3-031-45634-3, 2024. [DOI]
 
Can agroforestry provide a future for cocoa? Implications for policy and practice, Olwig, M. F., Asare, R., Vaast, P. and Bosselmann, A., pages 147-166, chapter 6, Springer, ISBN 978-3-031-45634-3, 2024. [DOI]
 
Shade tree functional traits drive critical ecosystem services in cocoa agroforestry systems, Addo-Danso, S. D.*, Asare, R., Tettey, A., Schmidt, J., Sauvadet, M., Coulis, M., Belliard, N. and Isaac, M. E., in: Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, volume 372, number -: 109090, pages 1-10, ISSN 0167-8809, 2024. [DOI]
 

2023

Socio-economic determinants for the deployment of Climate-Smart One-Health innovations. A meta-analysis approach prioritizing Ghana and Benin, Sekabira, H., Tepa-Yotto, G., Tamo, M., Djouaka, R. F., Dalaa, M. A., Damba, O. T.*, Yeboah, S.*, Obeng, F., Asare, R., Abdoulaye, T. and Nazziwa, L.*, in: PLOS Sustainability and Transformation, volume 2, number 3: e0000052, pages 1-24, ISSN 2767-3197, 2023. [DOI]
 
Combined effects of shade and drought on physiology, growth, and yield of mature cocoa trees, Mensah, E. O.*, Raebild, A., Asare, R., Amoatey, C.*, Markussen, B. O., Owusu, K.*, Asitoakor, B. K.* and Vaast, P., in: Science of the Total Environment, volume 899, number -: 165657, pages 1-13, ISSN 0048-9697, 2023. [DOI]
 

2022

Selected shade tree species improved cocoa yields in low-input agroforestry systems in Ghana, Asitoakor, B. K.*, Vaast, P., Raebild, A., Ravn, H. P., Eziah, V. Y.*, Owusu, K.*, Mensah, E. O.* and Asare, R., in: Agricultural Systems, volume 202, number -: 103476, pages 1-9, ISSN 0308-521X, 2022. [DOI]
 
The cocoa yield gap in Ghana: a quantification and an analysis of factors that could narrow the gap, Asante, P. A., Rahn, E., Zuidema, P. A., Rozendaal, D. M. A., van der Baan, M. E. G., Laderach, P., Asare, R., Cryer, N. and Anten, N. P. R., in: Agricultural Systems, volume 201, number -: 103473, pages 1-13, ISSN 0308-521X, 2022. [DOI]
 
The adoption problem is a matter of fit: tracing the travel of pruning practices from research to farm in Ghana's cocoa sector, Obeng Adomaa, F., Vellema, S., Slingerland, M. and Asare, R., in: Agriculture and Human Values, volume 35, pages 921-935, ISSN 0889-048X, 2022. [DOI]
 
The role of innovation in sustainable cocoa cultivation: moving beyond mitigation and adaptation, Boadi, S. A.*, Olwig, M. F., Asare, R., Bosselmann, A. and Owusu, K.*, pages 47-80, chapter 3, Palgrave Macmillan, ISBN 978-3-031-01329-4, 2022. [DOI]
 
Influences of climate variability on cocoa health and productivity in agroforestry systems in Ghana, Asitoakor, B. K.*, Asare, R., Raebild, A., Ravn, H. P., Eziah, V. Y.*, Owusu, K.*, Mensah, E. O.* and Vaast, P., in: Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, volume 327, number -: 109199, pages 1-13, ISSN 0168-1923, 2022. [DOI]
 
Limited effects of shade on physiological performances of cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.) under elevated temperature, Mensah, E. O.*, Asare, R., Vaast, P., Amoatey, C.*, Markussen, B. O., Owusu, K.*, Asitoakor, B. K.* and Raebild, A., in: Environmental and Experimental Botany, volume 201, number -: 104983, pages 1-11, ISSN 0098-8472, 2022. [DOI]
 
Cocoa rehabilitation and establishment in cocoa-based farming systems in the humid forest zones of west Africa, Asare, R. and Kofituo, R. K., 2022.
 

2021

Integrated soil fertility management: maximizing the fertilizer use efficiency towards sustainable intensification of smallholder agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa, Vanlauwe, B., Ampadu-Boakye, T., Chernet, M., Coyne, D., Nziguheba, G., Pypers, P ., Asare, R., Baijukya, F., Bekunda, M., Hauser, S., Huising, J. E., Kamara, A., Kreye, C., Kintche, K., Nabahungu, N. L., Manners, R., Masso, C., Mutuo, P. and Taulya, G., pages 130, Agropolis International, ISBN ISSN: 1628-4259, 2021. [DOI]
 
Unravelling drivers of high variability of on-farm cocoa yields across environmental gradients in Ghana, Asante, P. A., Rozendaal, D. M. A., Rahn, E., Zuidema, P. A., Quaye, A. K., Asare, R., Laderach, P. and Anten, N. P. R., in: Agricultural Systems, volume 193, number -: 103214, pages 1-10, ISSN 0308-521X, 2021. [DOI]
 
Intermediation Capabilities of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in Ghana's Agricultural Extension System, Munthali, N.*, Lie, R., van Lammeren, R., van Paassen, A., Asare, R. and Leeuwis, C., in: The African Journal of Information and Communication, volume 28, pages 1-37, ISSN 2077-7205, 2021. [DOI]
 
Carbon storage in cocoa growing systems across different agroecological zones in Ghana, Afele, J. T.*, Dawoe, E.*, Abunyewa, A. A.*, Afari-Sefa, V. and Asare, R., in: Pelita Perkebunan, volume 37, number 1, pages 32-49, ISSN 0215-0212, 2021. [DOI]
 
Upper canopy tree crown architecture and its implications for shade in cocoa agroforestry systems in the western region of Ghana, Asante, W. A.*, Ahoma, G.*, Gyampoh, B.*, Kyereh, B.* and Asare, R., in: Trees, Forests and People, volume 5, number : 100100, pages 1-9, ISSN 2666-7193, 2021. [DOI]
 
A rapid tree diversity assessment method for cocoa agroforestry systems, Raneri, J., Oliveira, S., Demers, N. R., Asare, R., Nuamah, S.*, Dalaa, M. A. and Weise, S., in: Ecological Indicators, volume 130, number -: 107993, pages 1-11, ISSN 1470-160X, 2021. [DOI]
 
Stakeholder perceptions about the drivers, impacts and barriers of certification in the Ghanaian cocoa and oil palm sectors, Dompreh, E. B., Asare, R. and Gasparatos, A., in: Sustainability Science, pages 1-22, ISSN 1862-4065, 2021. [DOI]
 
Sustainable but hungry? Food security outcomes of certification for cocoa and oil palm smallholders in Ghana, Dompreh, E. B., Asare, R. and Gasparatos, A., in: Environmental Research Letters, volume 16, number 5: 055001, pages 1-18, ISSN 1748-9326, 2021. [DOI]
 

2020

Variations in yield gaps of smallholder cocoa systems and the main determining factors along a climate gradient in Ghana, Abdulai, I., Hoffmann, P., Jassogne, L., Asare, R., Graefe, S., Tao, H. H., Muilerman, S., Vaast, P., Van Asten, P., Laderach, P. and Rotter, R. P., in: Agricultural Systems, volume 181, number -: 102812, pages 1-8, ISSN 0308-521X, 2020. [DOI]
 
CocoaSoils: understanding the nutritional needs of cocoa, Rusinamhodzi, L ., Zambrano, E. V., Ampadu-Boakye, T. and Asare, R., in: Fertilizer Focus, volume 37, pages 64-67, ISSN 2631-7591, 2020.
 
Rolling out climate smart cocoa through public-private partnership in Ghana: a framework highlighting the step-by-step procedure towards climate smart cocoa finance in Ghana, Dalaa, M. A., Kofituo, R. K. and Asare, R., CCAFS finance strategy, 2020.
 
Do voluntary certification standards improve yields and wellbeing? Evidence from oil palm and cocoa smallholders in Ghana, Brako, D. E., Asare, R. and Alexandros, G., in: International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, volume 19, number 1, pages 16-39, ISSN 1473-5903, 2020. [DOI]
 
Evolutionary distance explains shade tree selection in agroforestry systems, Sauvadet, M., Asare, R. and Isaac, M. E., in: Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, volume 304, number -: 107125, pages 1-4, ISSN 0167-8809, 2020. [DOI]
 

2019

Unlocking barriers to adoption and scaling of climate smart cocoa practices in Ghana, Dalaa, M. A., Kofituo, R. K., Amoah, I. A.*, Jassogne, L . and Asare, R., Abstract in, Tropentag, September 18-20, organised by Universities of Kassel and Goettingen, Germany, 2019.
 
Assessment of the current agricultural finance sector with a major focus on cocoa: bank of Ghana (BOG) policy and strategies for financing sustainable agricultural value chains, Dalaa, M. A., Kofituo, R. K., Annan, H., Kortei, A. and Asare, R., In: CCAFS finance strategy, 2019.
 
Shade implications of upper canopy tree crown architecture in cocoa agroforestry systems in the western region of Ghana, Asante, W. A.*, Kyereh, B.*, Ahoma, G.*, Gyampoh, B.* and Asare, R., Abstract in the book of abstract (p. 76) 4th World Congress of Agroforestry, 20-22 May, Montpellier, France, 2019.
 
Filling gap and removing trap: the interface between expert and farmer knowledge on cocoa pruning, Obeng Adomaa, F., Vellema, S., Slingerland, M. and Asare, R., Abstract in, Tropentag, September 18-20, organised by Universities of Kassel and Goettingen, Germany, 2019.
 
Cocoa farmer's segmentation in Ghana: CCAFS Info Brief, Dalaa, M. A., Kofituo, R. K. and Asare, R., 2019.
 
Climate smart stepwise investment pathway for cocoa farmers in Ghana: CCAFS Info Brief, Dalaa, M. A., Kofituo, R. K. and Asare, R., 2019.
 
The role of agroforestry in sustainable intensification of cocoa growing systems across west Africa: a review, Tettey, A. and Asare, R., Abstract in, Tropentag, September 18-20, organised by Universities of Kassel and Goettingen, Germany, 2019.
 
Policy document and brief for engagement with government and private sector in Cocoa: a case of Ghana, Dalaa, M. A., Asare, R., Mensah, C., Naponen, M. and Saeed, A. R., CCAFS Policy brief, 2019.
 
The nexus between cocoa production and deforestation, Asare, R., in: Grain De Sel, number 78, pages 26-27, ISSN 1253-0166, 2019.
 

2018

Innovation intermediation in a digital age: comparing public and private new-ICT platforms for agricultural extension in Ghana, Munthali, N., Leeuwis, C., van Paassen, A., Lie, R., Asare, R., van Lammeren, R. and Schut, M., in: NJAS-Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences, pages 1-13, ISSN 1573-5214, 2018. [DOI]
 
Assessing climate smart agriculture and its determinants of practice in Ghana: a case of the cocoa production system, Akrofi-Atitianti, F., Speranza, C. I., Bockel, L. and Asare, R., in: Land, volume 7, number 1, pages 1-21, ISSN 2073-445X, 2018. [DOI]
 
Characterization of cocoa production, income diversification and shade tree management along a climate gradient in Ghana, Abdulai, I., Hoffmann, P., Jassogne, L., Asare, R., Graefe, S., Muilerman, S., Van Asten, P., Vaast, P., van Asten, P.*, Laderach, P. and Rotter, R. P., in: Agricultural Systems, volume 13, number 4(e0195777), pages 1-17, ISSN 1932-6203, 2018. [DOI]
 
Cocoa agroforestry is less resilient to sub-optimal and extreme climate than cocoa in full sun, Abdulai, I., Vaast, P., Hoffmann, P., Asare, R., Jassogne, L., Van Asten, P., Rotter, R. P. and Graefe, S., in: Global Change Biology, volume 24, number 1, pages 273-286, ISSN 1354-1013, 2018. [DOI]
 
On-farm cocoa yields increase with canopy cover of shade trees in two agro-ecological zones in Ghana, Asare, R., Markussen, B. O., Asare, R. A.*, Anim-Kwapong, G.* and Raebild, A., in: Climate and Development, pages 1-11, ISSN 1756-5529, 2018. [DOI]
 
Good agronomic practices in cocoa cultivation: rehabilitating cocoa farms, Asare, R., Afari-Sefa, V., Muilerman, S. and Anim-Kwapong, G.*, pages 1-28, Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Limited, ISBN 978 1 78676 168 2, 2018. [DOI]
 

2017

Evaluating farmers' knowledge of shade trees in different cocoa agro-ecological zones in Ghana, Graefe, S., Meyer-Sand, L. F., Chauvette, K., Abdulai, I., Jassogne, L., Vaast, P. and Asare, R., in: Human Ecology, pages 1-12, ISSN 0300-7839, 2017. [DOI]
 
Looking back and moving forward: 50 years of soil and soil fertility management research in sub-Saharan Africa, Vanlauwe, B., Abdelgadir, A. H., Adewopo, J., Adjei-Nsiah, S., Ampadu-Boakye, T., Asare, R., Baijukya, F., Baars, E., Bekunda, M., Coyne, D., Dianda, M., Dontsop-Nguezet, P., Ebanyat, P., Hauser, S., Huising, J. E., Jalloh, A., Jassogne, L., Kamai, N., Kamara, A., Kanampiu, F., Kehbila, A. G., Kintche, K., Kreye, C., Larbi, A., Masso, C., Matungulu, K. P., Mohammed, I. B., Nabahungu, N. L., Nielsen, F., Nziguheba, G., Pypers, P ., Roobroeck, D., Schut, M., Taulya, G., Thuita, M., Uzokwe, V. N. E., Van Asten, P., Wairegi, L., Yemefack, M. and Mutsaers, H. J. W., in: International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, pages 613-631, ISSN 1473-5903, 2017. [DOI]
 
The impact of certification on the natural and financial capitals of Ghanaian cocoa farmers, Fenger, N., Bosselmann, A., Asare, R. and De Neergaard, A., in: Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, volume 41, number 2, pages 143-166, ISSN 1473-5903, 2017. [DOI]
 

2016

Access to improved hybrid seeds in Ghana: implications for establishment and rehabilitation of cocoa farms, Asare, R., Afari-Sefa, V. and Muilerman, S., in: Experimental Agriculture, pages 1-13, ISSN 0014-4797, 2016. [DOI]
 
Influences of shading and fertilization on on-farm yields of cocoa in Ghana, Asare, R., Asare, R. A.*, Asante, W. A.*, Markussen, B. O. and Raebild, A., in: Experimental Agriculture, pages 1-16, ISSN 0014-4797, 2016. [DOI]
 

2015

Climate-smart cocoa production: engaging with farmers and their supply chains in Ghana; Proceedings (Poster), of the Climate Change International Scientific Conference, Paris, 2015, Muilerman, S., Lundy, M., Bunn, C., Schroth, G., Jassogne, L., Laderach, P., Anyidoho, N. A.*, Van Asten, P., Asare, R. and Kirscht, H., International Council for Science (ICSU), Future Earth, UNESCO, 2015.
 
Climate-smart intensification of West-Africa's cocoa systems: proceedings of the Global Science Conference, March 16-18, Le Corum, Montpellier France, Van Asten, P., Jassogne, L., Vaast, P., Laderach, P., Schroth, G., Lundy, M., Asare, R., Muilerman, S., Ruf, F., Snoeck, D., Koko, L.*, Anim-Kwapong, G.*, Rossing, W., Gockowski, J., Tamo, M., Giller, K. and Vanlauwe, B., 2015.
 
Evaluation of yield gap and production factors in cocoa systems along a climatic gradient in Ghana, Abdulai, A., Jassogne, L., Muilerman, S., Asare, R., Laderach, P., Van Asten, P., Graefe, S. and Vaast, P., Tropentag, 2015.
 
Assessing farmers' local knowledge of shade tree species in cocoa agroforestry, Chauvette, K., Abdullahi, I., Jassogne, L., Asare, R., Vaast, P. and Graefe, S., Tropentag, 2015.
 
Rapid Appraisal of Agricultural Innovation Systems (RAAIS) workshop: Ghana Action Site. CGIAR Research Program on Integrated Systems for the Humid Tropics, Schut, M., Asare, R., Idrissou, L. and Dalaa, M. A., 2015.
 
Sustainable systems intensification: the Humidtropics approach in west Africa, Idrissou, L., Asare, R., Bisseleua, H. and Hauser, S., Tropentag, 2015.
 
Sustainable intensification of cocoa farming systems in west and central Africa: the IITA R4D experience: proceeding/poster, Asare, R., Hauser, S., Muilerman, S. and Jassogne, L., Tropentag, 2015.
 
Tree diversity and canopy cover in cocoa systems in Ghana, Asare, R. and Anders, R., in: New Forests, pages 1-16, ISSN 0169-4286, 2015. [DOI]
 

2014

Cocoa agroforestry for increasing forest connectivity in a fragmented landscape in Ghana, Asare, R., Afari-Sefa, V.*, Osei-Owusu, Y.* and Pabi, O.*, in: Agroforestry Systems, pages 1-14, ISSN 0167-4366, 2014. [DOI]
 

2013

Improving cocoa production practices to ensure sustainable supply that meets demand growth: IITA Perspectives, Bhattacharjee, R., Dashiell, K., Van Asten, P., Muilerman, S., Asare, R., Gockowski, J., Tamo, M., Kumar, P. L., Lopez, K. and Asiedu, R., Abstract, in the book of abstracts 23rd Partnership meeting of World Cocoa Foundation, Washington DC, USA , 5 May to 7 May, 2013.
 

2012

A 'Green Revolution' in the West African cocoa belt, Gockowski, J., Bhattacharjee, R., Asare, R. and Muilerman, S., in: R4D review, number 8, pages 35-39, ISSN 2071-3681, 2012.
 

2011

Good agricultural practices for sustainable cocoa production; a guide for farmer training: conservation and biodiversity in and around cocoa farms, Asare, R., David, S. and Sonwa, D., Sustainable Tree Crops Program (STCP), 2011.
 
Good agricultural practices for sustainable cocoa production; a guide for farmer training: planting, replanting and tree diversification in cocoa systems, Asare, R. and David, S., Sustainable Tree Crops Program (STCP), 2011.
 
Implementing guide for planting, replanting and tree diversification in cocoa systems - revision 2011, Asare, R. and David, S., STCP, 2011.
 
Connecting the Krokosue hills forest reserve and Bia conservation area through the use of cocoa agro-forestry systems: a strategic approach, Asare, R., Afari-Sefa, V., Osei-Owusu, Y.*, Pabi, O. and Gyamfi, I., 2011.
 
Shade trees in the cocoa landscapes: how Ghana can benefit, Asare, R. and Prah, C., in: Daily Graphic, pages 21, 2011.
 

2010

Cocoa seed multiplication: an assessment of seed gardens in Cameroon, Ghana and Nigeria. STCP Working Paper Series, Asare, R., Afari-Sefa, V., Gyamfi, I., Okafor, C. and Mva Mva, J., number 11, 2010.
 
Planting, replanting and tree diversification in cocoa systems; learning about sustainable cocoa production: a guide for participatory farmer training, Asare, R. and David, S., Development and Environment, No. 13, Forest and Landscape, ISBN 978-87-7903-457-0, 2010.
 
Implementing guide for planting, replanting and tree diversification in cocoa systems, Asare, R. and David, S., Forest and Landscape Working Paper 46, Forest and Landscape, ISBN 978-87-7903-476-1, 2010.
 

2009

Conservation and biodiversity in and around cocoa farms: learning about sustainable cocoa production, a guide for participatory farmer training, Asare, R., David, S. and Sonwa, D., Forest and Landscape Working Paper 12, Forest and Landscape, ISBN 978-87-7903-420-4, 2009.
 

2008

A participatory approach for tree diversification in cocoa farms: Ghanaian farmers' experience, Asare, R. and Asare, R. A., 2008.