information
Created in 2014, this project aims at:
Providing solutions to coffee farmers to face climate change.
Helping farmers produce qualitative coffee by planting trees in coffee’s parcels to create shadow.
Empowering communities through agroforestry practices.
“All the family is involved in the farm lifestyle. For example my mother cultivates her vegetable garden under the shadow of the coffee parcel.” – Manuel Arbey Cortez Alban
Location
Cauca and Nariño regionsType
Agroforestry and reforestation
Local partner
Federacion Nacional de Cafeteros de Colombia (Colombian Federation of Coffee growers)Participants
4,974 small-scale coffee farmers from Cauca and Nariño clustersAchievements
1,298,766 planted treessupply chain
Coffee , Fruits and Vegetables , WaterLocal partner
Our local partner for the Cauca y Nariño project is the Federacion Nacional de Cafeteros of Colombia.
Plantation models
Species planted

Nacedero – Trichanthera gigantea

Guayacan Amarillo – Tabebuia chrysantha

Cedro – Rosado Cedrela odorata

Roble – Quercus humboldtii
participants
Over 4000 small-scale coffee farmers participate in this project.