Strategic canopy management for enhanced climate resilience and water cycling in highly complex agroforestry systems

Keller, Chigusa; Rüegg, Johanna; Durot, Chloé; Niether, Wiebke; Saavedra, Francisco; Esche, Laura; Armengot, Laura and Saj, Stéphane (2026) Strategic canopy management for enhanced climate resilience and water cycling in highly complex agroforestry systems. Paper at: 8th European Agroforestry Conference EURAF 2026, Neuchâtel, Switzerland, 22th - 26th June 2026. [Completed]

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Background
- Climate change: weather extremes increase (e.g. heat waves, droughts, cold spells)
- Cacao: sensitive to temperature extremes & water depletion
- Agroforestry: provides multitude of ESS, incl. buffering effects of climatic extremes
- Pruning: strategic management of shade canopy cover

EPrint Type:	Conference paper, poster, etc.
Type of presentation:	Paper
Keywords:	agroforestry, pruning, ecosystem services, SysCom, FiBL6524603
Agrovoc keywords:	Language Value URI English agroforestry http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_207 English pruning http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_6274 English ecosystem services http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_1348040570280
Subjects:	Knowledge management > Research methodology and philosophy > Systems research and participatory research Environmental aspects > Biodiversity and ecosystem services "Organics" in general > Countries and regions > Bolivia
Research affiliation:	Switzerland > FiBL - Research Institute of Organic Agriculture Switzerland > International > Agroforestry Systems Switzerland > FiBL - Research Institute of Organic Agriculture Switzerland > International > Agriculture in the Tropics and Subtropics > Long-term experiments Switzerland > FiBL - Research Institute of Organic Agriculture Switzerland > International > Agriculture in the Tropics and Subtropics > Systems comparison
Related Links:	https://www.fibl.org/en/themes/projectdatabase/projectitem/project/505, https://systems-comparison.fibl.org/index.html
Deposited By:	Keller, Chigusa
ID Code:	57901
Deposited On:	15 Jul 2026 09:12
Last Modified:	15 Jul 2026 09:12
Document Language:	English
Status:	Unpublished
Refereed:	Not peer-reviewed

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