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Sustainable Coffee Production: Maximizing Benefits of Shade

Learn about the benefits of using shade in coffee production, including fruit and timber production, reduced soil erosion, improved soil fertility, and more. Contrasting traditional and unshaded systems with shaded systems, discover how shade can enhance biodiversity, reduce stress on coffee plants, and optimize output.

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Sustainable Coffee Production: Maximizing Benefits of Shade

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  1. SHADE IN COFFEE THE SUSTAINABLE APPROACH TO COFFEE PRODUCTION PREPARED BY L. HENRY

  2. BENEFITS OF SHADE

  3. 1. PRODUCE FRUIT AND TIMBER

  4. 2. REDUCE SOIL EROSION

  5. 3. IMPROVE SOIL FERTILITY

  6. 4. BUFFER AIR AND SOIL TEMPERATURE EXTREMES

  7. 5. REDUCE WIND DAMAGE

  8. 6. IMPROVE SOIL MOISTURE AVAILABILITY

  9. 7. REDUCE THE INCIDENCE OF OVERBEARING STRESS

  10. 8. REDUCE AGGRESSIVE WEED GROWTH

  11. PRODUCTION SYSTEMS

  12. TRADITIONAL SYSTEM • LITTLE OR NO SIOL EROSION • WIDE RANGE BIODIVERSITY • LOW POPULATION • LESS COMPETITIVE TYPE WEEDS • HIGH FUNGUS INCIDENCE • LOW INPUT/LOW OUTPUT

  13. UNSHADED SYSTEM • PRONE TO SOIL EROSION • LIMITED BIODIVERSITY • SHORTER LIFE EXPECTANCY OF TREES • MORE AGGRESSIVE WEED GROWTH • PRONE TO MOISTURE STRESS • PRONE TO OVERBEARING STRESS • SHORTER LIFE EXPECTANCY OF TREES • HIGH INPUT/HIGH OUT PUT

  14. SHADED SYSTEM • REDUCED SOIL EROSION • WIDE RANGE OF BIODIVERSITY • IMPROVED SOIL FERTILITY • REDUCED OVERBEARING STRESS • PRODUCE SECONDARY CROP (FRUIT/TIMBER) • REDUCE CYCLIC PRODUCTION PATTERN • OPTIMUM INPUT/MEDIUM TO HIGH OUTPUT

  15. QUALITIES OF A GOOD SHADE TREE

  16. 1. DEEP ROOTED

  17. 2. TALL SPREADING AND ALLOWS LIGHT TO FILTER

  18. 3. DOES NOT HOST PEST OF DISEASE THAT AFFECTS COFFEE

  19. 4. LONG LIVED AND STURDY

  20. 5.SOIL IMPROVING

  21. 6. SHOW QUICK REGROWTH AFTER PRUNING

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