Sistemas agroforestales: La importancia de la estratificación de árboles para la sanidad de cultivos

Summary

In the “simple” agroforestry systems implemented in the SysCom trial in Bolivia, the density of accompanying trees is 300 trees per ha, in addition to which cocoa is combined with bananas and coffee. In this video Joachim Milz, director of Ecotop, shares an observation made on the coffee plants in the plots. In the video Joachim builds the hypothesis and shares his experiences, that the observed coffee thread blight is the consequence of the lack of stratification in the medium-upper to emerging stratum.
The video demonstrates that interactions between species in nature are complex and that it is important to observe them before acting. It also shows that system management makes it possible to work without chemical or biological inputs. Stratification management is especially important in dynamic or multi-strata agroforestry systems, to give each species the space it needs to develop and to allow for light and air to enter.