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Area: 5888268 km2
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Brazil; Peru; Suriname; France; Colombia; Guyana; Bolivia; Venezuela; Ecuador
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Santa Cruz; Manaus; La Paz
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Countries: Guatemala, Mexico
Regions: Bravo, Grisalva
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Protect and Restore Ecosystems (SDG 6.6)
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Nature-Based Solutions
Progress to Date: 410,000 Trees Planted Trees planted
Services Needed: Other
Desired Partner: NGO / Civil Society
Language: English
Start & End Dates: Apr. 2014  »  Ongoing
Project Website: www.purprojet.com/project/huehuetenango
Contextual Condition(s): PHYSICAL: Ecosystem vulnerability or degradation
Additional Benefits: Raised awareness of challenges among water users
Beneficiaries: Ecosystems
Planning & Implementation Time: More than 3 years
Primary Funding Source: ngo
Project Challenges: Other
Project Source: User
Profile Completion: 92%

Project Overview

Created in 2014, this project aims at:

Reinforce the movement towards coffee farming sustainability, limiting impacts of erosion on the one hand and developing new business opportunities for producers on the other hand;
Empower a limited number of first level associations that will promote agroforestry in their sphere of influence;
Develop best-in-class coffee agroforestry systems towards a stabilized productivity and high organoleptic quality;
Empower associations through t…

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Created in 2014, this project aims at:

Reinforce the movement towards coffee farming sustainability, limiting impacts of erosion on the one hand and developing new business opportunities for producers on the other hand;
Empower a limited number of first level associations that will promote agroforestry in their sphere of influence;
Develop best-in-class coffee agroforestry systems towards a stabilized productivity and high organoleptic quality;
Empower associations through the reforestation project by making membership more attractive.

The more trees we plant, the more we contribute to the environment. If we would all plant at least one tree, the World would be different.” – Jose Victor Santos Salazar

BENEFITS

Planting trees within the plots will ensure regeneration and soil fixation, preservation of biodiversity, improved productivity and quality of coffee, and diversification of income for local communities.

The agroforestry program was launched with several producers’ organizations: ADESC, UPC, ASCAFCA, ASDEFLOR, Comal and ADIESTO ASOPERC. These two latter organizations are composed of small coffee farmers with an average of 75 producers per association. They are engaged in the production of AAA quality coffee, which is exported to European countries. In two years, Fruit and forest trees have been planted with two main objectives well defined: generate environmental services and contribute to the economic development of local organizations and coffee producers of the Huehuetenango area.

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Basin and/or Contextual Conditions: PHYSICAL: Ecosystem vulnerability or degradation
Project Benefits: Raised awareness of challenges among water users
Indirect or Direct Beneficiaries: Ecosystems
Months & Implementing: More than 3 years
Primary Funding Source: NGO / Civil society
Challenges: Other

Project Narrative

CONTEXT Pintze is an afforestation and reforestation project, located in the hilly region of Huehuetenango, alongside the Mexican border. In this region, coffee is recognized for its high quality beans. It is grown by small-scale farmers on the hillsides of Vista Hermosa, Esperanza and down. Average size of coffee farm is close to 1.0 ha. Coffee trees are growing on highly steep terrain, where soil erosion (due to important water runoff and heavy rains) threatens both the quantity and quality of coffee yields. Reducing soil erosion becomes critical in order to maintain productivity and quality.Additionally, the majority of small-scale farmers has been badly hit by rust in the past and is constraint to renew its coffee fields. Enhancing the coffee production resilience in terms of yields and quality, through an agroforestry project, constitute the best strategy to support economically local communities.The project has been implemented in the influence zone of associations from Huehuetenango cluster and started with ADESC, ASCAFCA and UPC farmer associations. BENEFITS Planting trees within the plots will ensure regeneration and soil fixation, preservation of biodiversity, improved productivity and quality of coffee, and diversification of income for local communities.The agroforestry program was launched with several producers’ organizations: ADESC, UPC, ASCAFCA, ASDEFLOR, Comal and ADIESTO ASOPERC. These two latter organizations are composed of small coffee farmers with an average of 75 producers per association. They are engaged in the production of AAA quality coffee, which is exported to European countries. In two years, Fruit and forest trees have been planted with two main objectives well defined: generate environmental services and contribute to the economic development of local organizations and coffee producers of the Huehuetenango area.

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We develop agroforestry projects within the supply chains of companies (Insetting) and value water benefits, among others. We develop as well a Trees4Water valuation tool that we would like to share with your platform. WE REGENERATE ECOSYSTEMS TO IMPROVE LIVELIHOODS … Learn More

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