2. SHADE IN COFFEE THE SUSTAINABLE APPROACH TO COFFEE PRODUCTION Coffee Industry Board Advisory Service Department Advisory Service Manager: Louis Campbell (lcampbell@ciboj.org)

3. BENEFITS OF SHADE

4. 1. PRODUCE FRUIT AND TIMBER

5. 2. REDUCE SOIL EROSION

6. 3. IMPROVE SOIL FERTILITY

7. 4. BUFFER AIR AND SOIL TEMPERATURE EXTREMES

8. 5. REDUCE WIND DAMAGE

9. 6. IMPROVE SOIL MOISTURE AVAILABILITY

10. 7. REDUCE THE INCIDENCE OF OVERBEARING STRESS

11. 8. REDUCE AGGRESSIVE WEED GROWTH

12. PRODUCTION SYSTEMS

13. TRADITIONAL SYSTEM  LITTLE OR NO SIOL EROSION  WIDE RANGE BIODIVERSITY  LOW POPULATION  LESS COMPETITIVE TYPE WEEDS  HIGH FUNGUS INCIDENCE  LOW INPUT/LOW OUTPUT

14. UNSHADED SYSTEM  PRONE TO SOIL EROSION  LIMITED BIODIVERSITY  SHORTER LIFE EXPECTANCY OF TREES  MORE AGGRESSIVE WEED GROWTH  PRONE TO MOISTURE STRESS  PRONE TO OVERBEARING STRESS  SHORTER LIFE EXPECTANCY OF TREES  HIGH INPUT/HIGH OUT PUT

15. SHADED SYSTEM  REDUCED SOIL EROSION  WIDE RANGE OF BIODIVERSITY  IMPROVED SOIL FERTILITY  REDUCED OVERBEARING STRESS  PRODUCE SECONDARY CROP (FRUIT/TIMBER)  REDUCE CYCLIC PRODUCTION PATTERN  OPTIMUM INPUT/MEDIUM TO HIGH OUTPUT

16. QUALITIES OF A GOOD SHADE TREE

17. 1. DEEP ROOTED

18. 2. TALL SPREADING AND ALLOWS LIGHT TO FILTER

19. 3. DOES NOT HOST PEST OF DISEASE THAT AFFECTS COFFEE

20. 4. LONG LIVED AND STURDY

21. 5.SOIL IMPROVING

22. 6. SHOW QUICK REGROWTH AFTER PRUNING

23. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION