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Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy

Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy is a research topic within Horticulture. Science Explorer counts 12k research works in it since 1950. 22.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the management, conservation, and sustainable cultivation of cacao (Theobroma cacao) within agroforestry systems. It covers topics such as biodiversity conservation, climate change resilience, genetic diversity, disease resistance, and the role of shade trees in enhancing cocoa production. The research also delves into soil fertility, ecosystem services, and the impact of environmental factors on cacao cultivation.

  • Cacao
  • Agroforestry
  • Biodiversity Conservation
  • Climate Change Resilience
  • Genetic Diversity
  • Cocoa Production
  • Shade Trees
  • Disease Resistance
  • Soil Fertility
  • Ecosystem Services
Research works
12k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.6k
per year above
Top-10% rate
22.5%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+51%
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Which countries lead Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy research?

By volume, Indonesia and China publish the most (300 and 284 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Indonesia 300 works
  2. 2 China 284 works
  3. 3 United States 223 works
  4. 4 India 200 works
  5. 5 Brazil 161 works
  6. 6 France 127 works
  7. 7 Colombia 107 works
  8. 8 Ecuador 106 works
  9. 9 Mexico 103 works
  10. 10 Côte d'Ivoire 102 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

Indonesia: 17.5%China: 16.6%United States: 13.0%India: 11.7%6 others listed: 41.2%18%largest
Indonesia300 · 17.5%China284 · 16.6%United States223 · 13.0%India200 · 11.7%6 others listed706 · 41.2%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology publishes the most Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy research, followed by Université Jean Lorougnon Guédé and Universidad Técnica Estatal de Quevedo.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGhana 27 works
  2. 2 Université Jean Lorougnon GuédéCôte d'Ivoire 23 works
  3. 3 Universidad Técnica Estatal de QuevedoEcuador 23 works
  4. 4 Cocoa Research Institute of GhanaGhana 22 works
  5. 5 Université Félix Houphouët-BoignyCôte d'Ivoire 22 works
  6. 6 Colombian Corporation for Agricultural Research - AGROSAVIAColombia 20 works
  7. 7 University of FloridaUnited States 18 works
  8. 8 Universidade Estadual de Santa CruzBrazil 18 works
  9. 9 Hasanuddin UniversityIndonesia 17 works
  10. 10 National University Toribio Rodríguez de MendozaPeru 16 works

Who are the leading researchers in Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy include Johan Six, Piotr A. Mieczkowski and Teja Tscharntke.

  1. 1 Johan Six Switzerland 2.1k citations
  2. 2 Piotr A. Mieczkowski United States 1.8k citations
  3. 3 Teja Tscharntke Germany 1.7k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy research done?

The largest centres of Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Abidjan (Côte d'Ivoire), Paris (France) and Montpellier (France). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Tafo, Daloa and Quevedo.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 52 works
  2. 2 Abidjan Côte d'Ivoire 50 works
  3. 3 Paris France 42 works
  4. 4 Montpellier France 40 works
  5. 5 Jakarta Indonesia 36 works
  6. 6 New Delhi India 30 works
  7. 7 Washington D.C. United States 29 works
  8. 8 Kumasi Ghana 27 works
  9. 9 Accra Ghana 26 works
  10. 10 Makassar Indonesia 25 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. TafoGH · 22.4 works1737×
  2. DaloaCI · 22.9 works300×
  3. QuevedoEC · 22.5 works109×
  4. AbidjanCI · 50.5 works88×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy?

Among universities, judged by research, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, National University Toribio Rodríguez de Mendoza and Wageningen University & Research score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%25%50%75%mean 27.86%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology: 27, 50.1%National University Toribio Rodríguez de Mendoza: 16, 37.7%Wageningen University & Research: 8, 61.9%Université Nangui Abrogoua: 13, 16.2%Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz: 18, 27.1%University of Ghana: 12, 23.5%Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny: 22, 10.0%Université d'Abomey-Calavi: 9, 18.0%Université de Dschang: 10, 29.0%Hasanuddin University: 17, 5.1%Wageningen Universit…Kwame Nkrumah Univer…National University …Université Nangui Ab…
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGhana 78.550.1%49.3×27 +55.4%
2 National University Toribio Rodríguez de MendozaPeru 62.237.7%188.0×16 —
3 Wageningen University & ResearchNetherlands 59.861.9%8.2×8 +98.3%
4 Université Nangui AbrogouaCôte d'Ivoire 58.216.2%138.8×13 +210.0%
5 Universidade Estadual de Santa CruzBrazil 56.627.1%79.1×18 +44.7%
6 University of GhanaGhana 54.823.5%20.1×12 +104.2%
7 Université Félix Houphouët-BoignyCôte d'Ivoire 54.510.0%85.7×22 +65.7%
8 Université d'Abomey-CalaviBenin 53.918.0%35.6×9 +177.1%
9 Université de DschangCameroon 51.929.0%37.0×10 —
10 Hasanuddin UniversityIndonesia 51.45.1%9.2×17 +244.8%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 51% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.