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SHADE IN COFFEETHE SUSTAINABLE APPROACH
TO COFFEE PRODUCTION
Coffee Industry BoardAdvisory 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
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION
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