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In Latin America, coffee farmer use traditional coffee shade-growing techniques in which the coffee trees grew under the shade of a diverse canopy of tree. Environmentally, shade-growing techniques is good because they require far less synthetic fertilizer, pesticides and herbicides than sun-coffee plantations.
shade-growing techniques also good because it boost biodiversity by providing a haven for birds and others animal.
In order to gain more production, coffee farmers have left this technique as known as old methods and move to “sun coffee”. Shade-growing coffee better than “sun coffee” which involves thinning or removing the canopy and using high-yield strains that grow best in direct sunlight.
Researchers from the University of Michigan said that the canopy shields coffee plants during extreme weather events, such as droughts and severe storms, that are expected to become more frequent because of climate change.
The U-M scientists warn Latin American farmers of the risks tied to “coffee-intensification programs” -a package of technologies that includes the thinning of canopies and the use of high-yield coffee strains that grow best in direct sunlight- and urge them to consider the greener alternative: shade-grown coffee.
“Shaded coffee is ideal because it will buffer the system from climate change while protecting biodiversity,” said Ivette Perfecto of the university’s school of natural resources and environment.
Story from: Science Daily
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