Systems used

Systems used Description
Improved Fallow Es un sistema de recuperación de vegetación secundaria (acahual) para la producción de madera, leña y otros productos para su comercialización. Se cuenta con especificaciones técnicas para climas tropicales y climas templados.
Living Fence It consists of planting timber trees of commercial value for local use around pastures and cornfields. There are technical specifications for tropical climates and temperate climates.
Restoration Management of forests, degraded by different types of disturbances. THE AIM IS TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF TREES THAT FAVOR NATURAL REGENERATION.
Taungya It is a mixed system (productive systems with timber species) that allows during the first years of its establishment to continue with the use of different types of crops that generate additional income for the participants.
Improved shade-grown coffee The shade of the planted timber trees is combined with the planting of coffee plantations, for the production of coffee as the main crop.