Agritrop
Accueil

Agroforestry coffee practices in relation to productivity and erosion control in the Pirris watershed in Costa Rica

Meylan Louise, Gary Christian, Rapidel Bruno. 2010. Agroforestry coffee practices in relation to productivity and erosion control in the Pirris watershed in Costa Rica. In : Proceedings of Agro 2010 : the XIth ESA Congress, August 29th - September 3rd, 2010, Montpellier, France. Wery Jacques (ed.), Shili-Touzi I. (ed.), Perrin A. (ed.). Montpellier : Agropolis international, 787-788. ISBN 978-2-909613-01-7 ESA Congress. 11, Montpellier, France, 29 Août 2010/3 Septembre 2010.

Communication avec actes
[img] Version publiée - Anglais
Accès réservé aux personnels Cirad
Utilisation soumise à autorisation de l'auteur ou du Cirad.
ID557387.pdf

Télécharger (1MB)

Résumé : The Llano Bonito watershed is a productive coffee-growing region in Costa Rica reputed for its favourable growing conditions and high quality coffee. However it is also characterised by steep slopes and high precipitation levels during rainy season. Despite coffee being a perennial crop, plots that are intensively grown with little or no shade are susceptible to heavy soil losses in these conditions (Ijima, 2003). Local farmers are regularly affected, and heavy sediment loads in the Pirrís river threaten the operation of a hydroelectric dam downstream. Currently there is little evaluation of soil conservation as an environmental service even though other services such as biodiversity conservation and carbon sequestration are well recognised and managed in Costa Rica (Sanchez. 2007). A survey was therefore conducted in the area in order to assess the diversity of practices in coffee management as well as obtain local information from farmers on the relationship between management of coffee plots, coffee production (the principal source of income), and soil erosion. based on this diversity of practices.

Mots-clés Agrovoc : agroforesterie, Coffea, service, pratique culturale, lutte antiérosion, conservation des sols, érosion hydrique

Mots-clés géographiques Agrovoc : Costa Rica

Mots-clés complémentaires : Service environnemental

Classification Agris : F08 - Systèmes et modes de culture
P36 - Érosion, conservation et récupération des sols

Auteurs et affiliations

  • Meylan Louise, CIRAD-PERSYST-UMR SYSTEM (CRI)
  • Gary Christian, INRA (FRA)
  • Rapidel Bruno, CIRAD-PERSYST-UMR SYSTEM (CRI) ORCID: 0000-0003-0288-5650

Autres liens de la publication

Source : Cirad - Agritrop (https://agritrop.cirad.fr/557387/)

Voir la notice (accès réservé à Agritrop) Voir la notice (accès réservé à Agritrop)

[ Page générée et mise en cache le 2024-03-28 ]