Although collaboration is vital in addressing global environmental sustainability challenges, research understanding on stakeholder engagement in climate-smart production innovation adoption and implementation, remains limited. In this paper, we advance knowledge about stakeholder collaboration by examining the roles played by stakeholders in scaling-up ecological sustainability innovations. Using the illustrative context and case of green cocoa industry in Ghana, the analysis identified three distinctive phases of stakeholder engagement in ecological sustainability innovations implemented from 1960 to 2017. We highlight defining periods of ecological challenges encompassing the production recovery sustainability initiative phase solely driven by the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD)—a governmental body responsible for production, processing and marketing of cocoa, coffee and sheanut. During the period, major initiatives were driven by non-governmental organisations in collaboration with COCOBOD to implement the climate-smart agriculture scheme in the cocoa sector. The findings have implications for cocoa production research and stakeholder collaboration in environmental innovations adoption.

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气候智能型农业生产创新中的利益相关者合作：来自加纳可可产业的见解

尽管合作对于应对全球环境可持续性挑战至关重要，但对利益相关者参与气候智能型生产创新采用和实施的研究理解仍然有限。在本文中，我们通过研究利益相关者在扩大生态可持续性创新中所扮演的角色来推进有关利益相关者合作的知识。利用加纳绿色可可产业的说明性背景和案例，分析确定了利益相关者参与 1960 年至 2017 年实施的生态可持续性创新的三个不同阶段。加纳可可委员会 (COCOBOD)——负责生产、可可、咖啡和牛油果的加工和销售。在此期间，非政府组织与 COCOBOD 合作推动了重大举措，以在可可部门实施气候智能型农业计划。这些发现对可可生产研究和利益相关者在环境创新采用方面的合作具有重要意义。