aroforestry coffee planted in the shade. it's been three years. it's a record

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it's been a three-year conversion of some garden to the agroforestry system. Plant some shade trees mixed between coffee, some sencon and some fruit trees on the fringes, bananas in some parts.

It's true and undeniable. But something's changed: pest attacks are reduced, the ground isn't as hard as it used to be, there's an extra inland of fruit and wood, although it's not dominant.

There's research from CIFOR that says the agroforestry can increase ground organic matter by up to 20-40% in 10 years and the temperature below canopies could be 2-3 degrees lower than full sun. It's theoretically relevant to resilience to temperature rise, but in the field it's different depending on design and tree type.

Not sure yet: buyer specialty would pay premium for shade- grown? Or is it only valid that there's a Bird- Friendly certification from the Smithsonian that requires a minimum of 40% shade cover? Any experience?

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shade-grown has a strong hermit in the European and American markets. Bird- Friendly from the Smithsonian is a real premium if the auditorium is serious. The problem in Indonesia which is certified is still very low. If you can certify and storytelline are good, there's this buyer that's looking for it and is willing to pay more. But the certificate process is not cheap and not fast.

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it's not that small if the economy is purely dependent on cherry coffee. Just count whether the additional incements of the shade tree are compensated enough for the drop of yield coffee in the next three to five years. Not all farmers can wait for the old break-even while the cashflowers suffocate.

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in my area, the old gardens are left by parents and grandparents almost everything is agroforestry. not because there's research but because of tradition. fruit trees for your own consumption, shade for coffee, firewood from twigs. the urge to monoculture came from a government extensive program that pushed high production around 20-30 years ago. it's gone up, but the garden is more fragile to extreme weather and pests.

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may i ask what kind of tree was chosen for shade? there's lamtoro, there's sencon, there's albasia. how does it affect cup quality? has anyone ever compare cup quality from hide agroforestry vs full sun in the same garden?

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be careful of that distance. It's too tight. It could be more than 60-70% and it makes coffee etiolation. In a patch of albasia with a distance of 8x8 meters, the result is more controlled. About cup quality, there was an informal Zcupping with one buyer and the result was no significant decline in the agroforestry range. But it's one case in one season, not just generalized.

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the lamtoro used to be popular for shade but there was a risk of a white bug attack that could spillover into a coffee crop. Some areas in Java and the NTT were in trouble. Be sure to pick a shade that doesn't serve as a pest reservoir.

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for a scale under 1 acre, the most feasible start at the edge of the garden first. plant the shade tree in the shade border instead of directly in the middle. it's easier to control the density of the pulse and if it doesn't fit, it's easier to correct.

aroforestry coffee planted in the shade. it's been three years. it's a record

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