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CACAO, COCOA, AGROFORESTRY, AGROECOLOGY, ECOSYSTEM SERVICES
Peru, Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Colombia

Biography

Olivier Deheuvels is an agronomist specialized in cocoa-based cropping systems, with a PhD in agroecology. He has been working in Cirad since 1999 as a researcher, first in Ecuador where he contributed to create the first collection of “Nacional” cocoa varieties at INIAP-Pichilingue. He then led with CNRA a research project in Ivory Coast where renovation and rehabilitation techniques for senescent cocoa fields were characterized and tested. From 2003 to 2006, he worked on consultancies in Ecuador, Ghana and Cameroon for cost/benefit studies in cocoa based agroforestry systems versus monospecific cocoa cropping system. During 8 years (2007-2014), he worked as seconded staff at Catie, in the Program for Sustainable Agriculture and Agroforestry conducted by Eduardo Somarriba. There he coordinated the “Productivity and Environment” work-package of the Centro American Cocoa Project (PCC) on tradeoffs between Productivity and Ecological services in 6 countries. He worked as seconded staff at ICRAF’s regional office for Latin America in Lima (Peru) where he was involved in research activities with the public and the private sector, focused on tradeoffs between ecosystem services that facilitate mitigation and adaptation to Climate Change. His current activities are oriented towards the design of sustainable cocoa-based agroforestry systems that combine several ecosystem services targeted by the farmers. He has been based in the Dominican Republic since 2020 and leads the research component of the Cacao Forest project, funded by AFD and the french chocolate industry.

Activities

Employment (1)

CIRAD Département Performances des systèmes de production et de transformation tropicaux: Montpellier, Languedoc-Roussillon, FR

1999-04-01 to present | UMR ABSys (PERSYST)
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Education and qualifications (5)

Montpellier SupAgro: Montpellier, Occitanie, FR

2007-01-01 to 2011-11-28 | PhD (SIBAGHE)
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AgroParisTech: Paris, Île-de-France, FR

1998-09-15 to 1999-09-15 | Diplôme d'Agronomie Approfondie (Agriculture Comparée et Développement Agricole)
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AgroParisTech: Paris, Île-de-France, FR

1997-09-01 to 1998-09-15 | Diplôme d'Agronomie Générale
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Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1: Villeurbanne, Rhône-Alpes (69), FR

1995-09-15 to 1996-06-30 | Maîtrise d'Ecologie et Environnement
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Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1: Villeurbanne, Rhône-Alpes (69), FR

1994-09-15 to 1995-06-30 | Licence d'Ecologie des Populations
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Works (14)

Participative design of the spatial and temporal development of improved cocoa agroforestry systems for yield and biodiversity

European Journal of Agronomy
2022-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1161-0301
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Shade tree identity rather than diversity influences soil macrofauna in cacao-based agroforestry systems

Pedobiologia
2021-11 | Journal article
Contributors: G.X. Rousseau; O. Deheuvels; D. Celentano; I.R. Arias; L.M. Hernández-García; E. Somarriba
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The spatial distribution and height of associated crops influence cocoa tree productivity in complex agroforestry systems

Agronomy for Sustainable Development
2021-10 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1774-0746
Part of ISSN: 1773-0155
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Plant diversity and density in cocoa-based agroforestry systems: how farmers’ income is affected in the Dominican Republic

Agroforestry Systems
2020-06 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0167-4366
Part of ISSN: 1572-9680
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Analysis of ecosystem services trade-offs to design agroecosystems with perennial crops

Agronomy for Sustainable Development
2015 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84946067111

Contributors: Rapidel, B.; Ripoche, A.; Allinne, C.; Metay, A.; Deheuvels, O.; Lamanda, N.; Blazy, J.-M.; Valdés-Gómez, H.; Gary, C.
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Biodiversity is affected by changes in management intensity of cocoa-based agroforests

Agroforestry Systems
2014 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84911996462

Contributors: Deheuvels, O.; Rousseau, G.X.; Soto Quiroga, G.; Decker Franco, M.; Cerda, R.; Vílchez Mendoza, S.J.; Somarriba, E.
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Cocoa–timber agroforestry systems: Theobroma cacao–Cordia alliodora in Central America

Agroforestry Systems
2014 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84912047423

Contributors: Somarriba, E.; Suárez-Islas, A.; Calero-Borge, W.; Villota, A.; Castillo, C.; Vílchez, S.; Deheuvels, O.; Cerda, R.
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Contribution of cocoa agroforestry systems to family income and domestic consumption: looking toward intensification

Agroforestry Systems
2014 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84912000946

Contributors: Cerda, R.; Deheuvels, O.; Calvache, D.; Niehaus, L.; Saenz, Y.; Kent, J.; Vilchez, S.; Villota, A.; Martinez, C.; Somarriba, E.
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Shade tree spatial structure and pod production explain frosty pod rot intensity in cacao agroforests, Costa Rica

Phytopathology
2014 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84894288427

Contributors: Gidoin, C.; Avelino, J.; Deheuvels, O.; Cilas, C.; Bieng, M.A.N.
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Carbon stocks and cocoa yields in agroforestry systems of Central America

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment
2013 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84878081879

Contributors: Somarriba, E.; Cerda, R.; Orozco, L.; Cifuentes, M.; Dávila, H.; Espin, T.; Mavisoy, H.; Ávila, G.; Alvarado, E.; Poveda, V. et al.
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Diversity and spatial clustering of shade trees affect cacao yield and pathogen pressure in Costa Rican agroforests

Basic and Applied Ecology
2013 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84878514887

Contributors: Ngo Bieng, M.A.; Gidoin, C.; Avelino, J.; Cilas, C.; Deheuvels, O.; Wery, J.
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Indicating soil quality in cacao-based agroforestry systems and old-growth forests: The potential of soil macrofauna assemblage

Ecological Indicators
2012 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84861846301

Contributors: Rousseau, G.X.; Deheuvels, O.; Rodriguez Arias, I.; Somarriba, E.
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Vegetation structure and productivity in cocoa-based agroforestry systems in Talamanca, Costa Rica

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment
2012 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84856719497

Contributors: Deheuvels, O.; Avelino, J.; Somarriba, E.; Malezieux, E.
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The first Ecuadorean 'Nacional' cocoa collection based on organoleptic characteristics

Tropical Science
2004 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-3242678960

Contributors: Deheuvels, O.; Decazy, B.; Perez, R.; Roche, G.; Amores, F.
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