{"id":428,"date":"2024-09-27T13:38:01","date_gmt":"2024-09-27T12:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/cocoa\/?page_id=428"},"modified":"2025-07-09T15:24:24","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T14:24:24","slug":"climate-change-webinar-2024","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/cocoa\/climate-change-webinar-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Climate Change Webinar 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2>23<sup>rd<\/sup> October 2024<\/h2>\n<p>13:00 GMT\/UTC | 14:00 BST (UK) | 15:00 CET | 09:00 EST | 20:00 WIT<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"blockquote\">Responses and adaptation of cocoa to a variable and changing climate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.08px\">In many locations where cocoa is grown, challenges are experienced in terms of environmental stresses, such as drought or episodes of very high temperatures. In many areas, these challenges are becoming more pronounced due to climate change.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.08px\">The webinar will explore research on climate change (responses of cocoa to elevated CO2, water deficit and increased temperatures), farmers\u2019 perceptions of climate change and the potential for agroforestry to mitigate weather extremes.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Webinar Programme<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Welcome Remarks &#8211; <strong>Andrew Daymond<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h3>Session 1<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Different cocoa agroforestry systems across the globe &#8211; <strong>Philippe Bastide<\/strong>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #999999\"><em>Consultant, France<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Q&amp;A<\/li>\n<li>The cocoa and climate change programme at the University of Reading &#8211; <strong>Fiona Lahive <\/strong><span style=\"color: #999999\"><em>University of Reading, UK<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li>The impacts of drought on cocoa physiology &#8211; <strong>Ramon Jaimez<\/strong>\u00a0<em><span style=\"color: #999999\">Universidad T\u00e9cnica de Manab\u00ed, Ecuador<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li>Adaptability of cocoa to changing climate in palm-based cropping systems of India &#8211; <strong>Elain Apshara <\/strong><span style=\"color: #999999\"><em>CPCRI, India<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Q&amp;A<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_video link=&#8221;https:\/\/youtu.be\/zFYjH186TbU&#8221; el_width=&#8221;90&#8243; align=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h3>Session 2<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Results of survey on perceptions of climate change and agroforestry &#8211; <strong>Andrew Daymond<\/strong>\u00a0<em><span style=\"color: #999999\">University of Reading, UK<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li>Farmers\u2019 perspectives of climate change on cocoa in C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire &#8211; <strong>Edi Constant<\/strong>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #999999\"><em>Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 Coop\u00e9rative pour l\u2019Innovation dans le Monde Agricole d\u2019Agboville, C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Mapping shade in cocoa farming systems and the effects of shade on the microclimate &#8211; <strong>Wilma Hart<\/strong>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #999999\"><em>University of Queensland, Australia<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Q&amp;A<\/li>\n<li>Discussion on the potential for agroforestry to ameliorate the impacts of climate extremes on cocoa<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_video link=&#8221;https:\/\/youtu.be\/Us_srQSs6J0&#8243; el_width=&#8221;90&#8243; align=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The results of the survey on perceptions of climate change on cocoa productivity and cocoa agroforestry can be downloaded from the links below:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/cocoa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2024\/11\/Questionnaire_Results.pdf\">Questionnaire Results ENG (pdf)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/cocoa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2024\/11\/Questionnaire_Results.docx\">Questionnaire Results ENG (docx)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/cocoa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2025\/07\/Questionnaire_Results_ESP.pdf\">Questionnaire Results ESP (pdf)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/cocoa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2025\/07\/Questionnaire_Results_ESP.docx\">Questionnaire Results ESP (docx)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/cocoa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2025\/07\/Questionnaire_Results_FRA.pdf\">Questionnaire Results FRA (pdf)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/cocoa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2025\/07\/Questionnaire_Results_FRA.docx\">Questionnaire Results FRA (docx)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/cocoa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2025\/07\/Questionnaire_Results_POR.pdf\">Questionnaire Results POR (pdf)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/cocoa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2025\/07\/Questionnaire_Results_POR.docx\">Questionnaire Results POR (docx)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] 23rd October 2024 13:00 GMT\/UTC | 14:00 BST (UK) | 15:00 CET | 09:00 EST | 20:00 WIT Responses and adaptation of cocoa to a variable and changing climate&#8230;.<a class=\"read-more\" href=\"&#104;&#116;&#116;&#112;&#115;&#58;&#47;&#47;&#114;&#101;&#115;&#101;&#97;&#114;&#99;&#104;&#46;&#114;&#101;&#97;&#100;&#105;&#110;&#103;&#46;&#97;&#99;&#46;&#117;&#107;&#47;&#99;&#111;&#99;&#111;&#97;&#47;&#99;&#108;&#105;&#109;&#97;&#116;&#101;&#45;&#99;&#104;&#97;&#110;&#103;&#101;&#45;&#119;&#101;&#98;&#105;&#110;&#97;&#114;&#45;&#50;&#48;&#50;&#52;&#47;\">Read More ><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":104,"featured_media":437,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"__cvm_playback_settings":[],"__cvm_video_id":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-428","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/cocoa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/cocoa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/cocoa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/cocoa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/104"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/cocoa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=428"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/cocoa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/428\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":496,"href":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/cocoa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/428\/revisions\/496"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/cocoa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/cocoa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}