shade-providing leguminous tree species have been found to compete with coffee plants for soil and water during severe drought, resulting in mortality of coffee plantation. Stuck in a vicious cycle, deforestatio
Avoiding the loss of shade coffee plantations: how to derive conservation payments for risk-averse land-users. Agroforestry Systems, 1-17.Castro L, Calvas B, Hildebrandt P, Knoke T (2012) Avoiding the loss of shade coffee plantations: how to derive conservation payments for risk-averse land-...
“With two or three species growing alongside coffee, producers need to manage the additional crops, including pruning and maintenance,” says Ronald baião de Oliveira, an agronomist atEmater Minas Gerais. “Sometimes, producers lack the knowledge or workforce to handle these tasks. “Excessive sh...
dominance of Arabica coffee plantations in a mountainous terrain. The production is dispersed and carried out predominantly by smallholder growers living in isolated areas with limited infrastructure. The two communities also have a long farming tradition, a wealth of experiential knowledge, and a strong...
Coffee, tea, mate, and spices: A rich heritage of flavours worth US$90.74 million in 2022 is shared across the waters, fueling India's massive consumption market. Edible fruits, nuts, peel of citrus fruit, melons: With a value of US$77.43 million in 2022, these exports cater to ...
Latest update March 2021 When sales and market shares of various certified coffees come out, I try to put them together in a post. Each certification scheme tends to announce them at different times of the year, and provides slightly
This has driven a new practice of renting out FLEGT licenses by larger producers/manufacturers to smaller ones in the country. Although the practice implies potential risks (e.g. fines), large companies in Indonesia manage risk by drawing from pre-existing patronage relations. They also appear ...
However, its most recent applications to ecology, social•ecological systems and disaster management assume that the normal state of ecological and socio-ecological systems is change, which often cannot be predicted. Resilience is the capacity of a social•ecological system to manage social, ...
Coffee is a main source of income in for people who live in regions where it grows wild. The solution isn’t prohibition, but probably some sort of incentive or compensation to manage the coffee in such a way that forest integrity and species are conserved. One idea being explored is some...
small plantation-holder families frequently struggle to make a livelihood from their coffee farming because of low yields, their inability to get a desired market price, or their inability to manage production costs. Female farmers also work extensively on these coffee plantations and are often underp...