Shade management in coffee and cacao plantations

By J. Beer, R. Muschler, D. Kass, E. Somarriba. Agroforestry Systems, 2004

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A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE AGRONOMIC AND ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY OF ORGANIC COFFEE PRODUCTION (2005, background): “Even the latter value is low compared to the 50–100 kg N ha−1 lost annually by leaching in other tropical agro-ecosystems (Beer et al., 1998).”
Multifunctional shade‐tree management in tropical agroforestry landscapes – a review (2011, background): “Within cacao and coffee agroforestry, the amount of crop shading cover is a proxy of agricultural intensification (Beer et al. 1998).”
Shade improves coffee quality in a sub-optimal coffee-zone of Costa Rica (2001, background): “Depending on the pruning intensity, the shade pattern can vary widely from light and dispersed shade to heavy and homogeneous shade (Beer et al. 1998).”
Growth and yield of coffee plants in agroforestry and monoculture systems in Minas Gerais, Brazil (2004, background): “It is usual the report of low yields of shaded coffee compared to unshaded ones under similar conditions Beer et al. 1998; Severino e Oliveira 1999 , as in the present experiment.”
Pollination of Coffea canephora in relation to local and regional agroforestry management (2003, background): “Shade can also influence populations of insect pests, prevalence of disease, and weeds (Perfecto et al. 1996; Beer et al. 1998).”
Agronomic and economic benefits of coffee-banana intercropping in Uganda's smallholder farming systems (2011, background): “Beer et al. (1998) concluded from a literature review that the benefits of maintaining shade trees over perennial crops were described as early as the late 19th century in Sri Lanka and Colombia.”
A Review of Ecosystem Services, Farmer Livelihoods, and Value Chains in Shade Coffee Agroecosystems (2011, background): “Furthermore, many common shade trees used in coffee agroforests (i.e., Inga spp.) provide the regulating service of fixing nitrogen and augmenting the nutrient content of soils (Beer et al. 1998), saving farmers the cost of expensive nitrogen inputs.”
Biophysical interactions in tropical agroforestry systems (2004, background): “Interactions in shade-tree/perennial-crop systems and mixed-tree systems have been discussed separately in this volume by Beer et al. (1997) and Khanna (1997), respectively.”
Shade over coffee: its effects on berry borer, leaf rust and spontaneous herbs in Chiapas, Mexico (2002, background): “Furthermore, we found broad-leaf-herbs dominating over grassy herbs, coinciding with results of other authors who have reported a shift in weed species composition with increasing shade (Jiménez-Avila 1979 Beer et al. 1998).”
Flexibility in Diet and Activity Patterns of Macaca tonkeana in Response to Anthropogenic Habitat Alteration (2007, background): “…under shade trees, as practiced in the Lindu valley, are environmentally preferable to other forms of agriculture, viz., those that require extensive clearing of forested areas, because they often preserve many ecosystem functions and processes (Beer et al., 1998; Donald, 2004; Siebert, 2002).”
Pest reduction services by birds in shade and sun coffee in Jamaica (2010, background): “Other researchers have found variation in ambient pest infestation across a range of farm variables, including shade (Beer et al., 1998), though these patterns are inconsistent.”
Shade tree management affects fruit abortion, insect pests and pathogens of cacao (2007, background): “Planting leguminose shade trees is a common measure to relieve agroforestry crops from nutrient deficiencies (Beer et al., 1998), which most likely explains the increased fruit abortion on cacao under shade tree stands that remained from the previous rainforest cover.”
Seasonal changes in photoprotective mechanisms of leaves from shaded and unshaded field-grown coffee (Coffea arabica L.) trees (2008, background): “trees, especially in areas where they had previously been eliminated (Beer et al. 1998).”