SHADE IN COFFEE THE SUSTAINABLE APPROACH TO COFFEE

SHADE IN COFFEE THE SUSTAINABLE APPROACH TO COFFEE PRODUCTION Coffee Industry Board Advisory Service Department Advisory Service Manager: Louis Campbell (lcampbell@ciboj. org)

BENEFITS OF SHADE

1. PRODUCE FRUIT AND TIMBER

2. REDUCE SOIL EROSION

3. IMPROVE SOIL FERTILITY

4. BUFFER AIR AND SOIL TEMPERATURE EXTREMES

5. REDUCE WIND DAMAGE

6. IMPROVE SOIL MOISTURE AVAILABILITY

7. REDUCE THE INCIDENCE OF OVERBEARING STRESS

8. REDUCE AGGRESSIVE WEED GROWTH

PRODUCTION SYSTEMS

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

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

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

QUALITIES OF A GOOD SHADE TREE

1. DEEP ROOTED

2. TALL SPREADING AND ALLOWS LIGHT TO FILTER

3. DOES NOT HOST PEST OF DISEASE THAT AFFECTS COFFEE

4. LONG LIVED AND STURDY

5. SOIL IMPROVING

6. SHOW QUICK REGROWTH AFTER PRUNING

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