Sentences with phrase «few coffee trees»

Within the small, terraced gardens of family farms, one can almost always find a few coffee trees.

Not exact matches

The biggest coffee exporter in Africa is likely to increase its output by 5 percent next season since trees planted in Uganda in the past few

For example, 81 % of the coffee in Nicaragua and El Salvador grew under a shade canopy in 1996, and although recent surveys document declines in shade tree diversity since then, these declines mostly occurred on larger farms; in contrast, many smallholder cooperatives preserve high levels of biodiversity, including more than 100 species of shade trees on fewer than 30 farms (Méndez et al. 2010a).

Sumatran coffee farms use very few species of shade trees, including the non-native Gliricidia sepium, which may not provide proper resources for native fauna.

This study radiotracked several species of resident forest birds in the Coto Brus province of southern Costa Rica, now «dominated by sparsely - shaded coffee farms» — recall that in my post on coffee growing in Costa Rica that most farms, including those marketed as «shade» coffee, have few shade trees of only a couple of species, and lack the structural complexity necessary for true biodiversity preservation.

Therefore, this label can be slapped on any coffee, including coffee grown in the sun, or from farms with only a few shade trees This might be done out of either ignorance or a desire to capture the market (see more on this here), because these coffees usually carry a price premium.

I filled a gold tray with a few coffee table books, and some of the christmas trees from my christmas tree tablescape for a little added shine.

«By planting trees in coffee farms,» explains Jérôme Perez, head of sustainability at Nespresso, «you are protecting the coffee bushes from heavy rain, and we know that adverse weather events impact a lot on the production of Arabica coffee in the last few years in Colombia.