Plantation Crops

Diczbalis, Y.; Daniells, Jeff; Lambert, Smilja; Searle, Chris

doi:10.1007/978-94-017-8578-5_8

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“…Tea plantations are long‐term investments that can last several decades . This is similar to the situation that exists for other long‐term agricultural products such as coffee, tree plantations, nut trees, and fruit trees . In the case of small landholders, climate change may have a larger impact.…”

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Potential high‐quality growing tea regions in Ecuador: an alternative cash crop for Ecuadorian small landholders

Peña‐Loyola¹

2020

J Sci Food Agric

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BACKGROUND: Agriculture is the main means of subsistence for most of the population in developing countries. Crops that can increase their value with in situ processing have a big impact on the small landholder's economics. Moreover, crops such as coffee and cocoa beans have been very important for Ecuadorian farmers. In this study, we wanted to analyze if the climatic conditions exist for growing high-quality tea in Ecuador and determine the areas that will be less affected by global climate change in the future.RESULTS: We used a GIS (geographic information systems) based analysis, together with ecological niche modeling to determine areas in Ecuador where Ceylon and Nilgiris tea varieties could be grown, which will maintain similar ecological conditions in the future, and have a high agricultural aptitude. In total, there are more than 150 000 ha in Ecuador that could be converted to high-quality tea plantations, most of them in the coastal provinces, with some specific areas in the Andean foothills.CONCLUSION: Ecuador has a significant amount of land with the potential to grow high-quality tea, with no significant ecological niche modifications due to climate change in the long-term future. Tea is a viable and potentially highly profitable crop for small landholders and should be considered by local stakeholders.

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“…Tea ( Camellia sinensis ) has been a main cash crop for farmers in India, China, and other parts of Asia, where it has been grown for centuries . More recently, countries like Kenya and Burundi, among others in Africa, have started growing this highly valuable crop .…”

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Potential high‐quality growing tea regions in Ecuador: an alternative cash crop for Ecuadorian small landholders

Peña‐Loyola¹

2020

J Sci Food Agric

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“…Amongst other agroecosystems, subtropical fruit plantations have been expanding rapidly (Granatstein et al 2016;Pio et al 2018) because of their high contribution to the economies of countries (Campbell 2018). Banana and macadamia are among the most widely produced subtropical fruits that contribute significantly to the economy of South Africa (Diczbalis et al 2014). Although arthropods have been studied in subtropical fruit plantations, the focus has been on arthropods as pollinators (Bommarco et al 2012), pests and their natural enemies (Grout et al 2001;Pierre & Idris 2013).…”

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Commercial banana and macadamia plantations in a savanna matrix support high levels of arthropod diversity

Simba,

Yekwayo,

Mwabvu

2023

Afr. Entomol.

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Expansion and intensification of agroecosystems is one of the major causes of habitat loss in the savanna biome in South Africa. As such, this study sought to determine the influence of commercial subtropical fruit plantations (banana and macadamia) on species richness, abundance, and composition of surface-active arthropods compared to the savanna biome. Given that pesticides and herbicides are applied from spring to early autumn in banana and macadamia plantations, we sampled in winter to reduce the potential impact of pesticides and herbicides. Surface-active arthropods were sampled using pitfall traps. Habitat type did not affect species richness and abundance of ants and spiders, as well as species richness of beetles. However, significantly greater abundance of beetles was recorded in the macadamia plantation compared to the banana and savanna. This could have been due to greater abundance of herbivorous beetles and other insects, which would have increased the diversity of predatory beetles. Furthermore, unlike the banana plantation, the macadamia plantation was characterised by a deep leaf litter layer and the presence of weeds and grasses, which probably increased abundance of beetles. Species composition indicated that the studied arthropod taxa associate with specific habitats, as demonstrated by the three habitats supporting different species composition. Despite savanna habitat not supporting high species richness or abundance of surface-active arthropods, we recorded the highest number of unique species of ants and spiders in the savanna rather than in the plantations. These results highlight the importance of natural landscapes in conservation of surface-active arthropods.

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TR4 as a driver of agroecological approaches in banana production

Daniells¹,

Lindsay²

2018

Acta Hortic.

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Plantation Crops

Cited by 3 publications

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Potential high‐quality growing tea regions in Ecuador: an alternative cash crop for Ecuadorian small landholders

Potential high‐quality growing tea regions in Ecuador: an alternative cash crop for Ecuadorian small landholders

Commercial banana and macadamia plantations in a savanna matrix support high levels of arthropod diversity

TR4 as a driver of agroecological approaches in banana production

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