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Ecosystem services in your cup of coffee

In a coffee agroforestry system, the four types of ecosystem services can be found. Provisioning services are coffee beans, fruits from other trees within the system, and wood from timber trees. Pollination of coffee flowers performed by bees is helpful to increase the yields for Robusta and Arabica varieties contributing to regulating services. Cultural services...

sustainable agriculture, sustainabilityMaarten van KeulenSeptember 18, 2020ecosystem services, coffee agroforestry, payment for ecosystem services, sustainable coffee

Agroforestry: Why every year more farmers are switching to this farming system?

About 1.2 billion people rely on agroforestry. Wherever these systems are implemented, they enhance the efficient use of sunlight, retain moisture, provide more plant nutrients, and other ecological services that we will tackle immediately after. Discover the coffee agroforestry systems!

sustainability, sustainable agricultureMaarten van KeulenSeptember 4, 2020agroforestry, sustainable farming, sustainable coffee, coffee farmers