Timber harvest, damage to crop plants and yield reduction in two Costa Rican coffee plantations with Cordia alliodora shade trees :
Both model and field estimations were made of the damage inflicted to coffee plants due to the harvest of timber shade trees (Cordia alliodora) in coffee plantations. Economic analyses were made for different coffee planting densities, yields, and both coffee and timber prices. Damage due to tree felling and log skidding should not be a major limitation to the use of timber shade trees in coffee plantations. The timber price that would balance all discounted losses and benefits to zero, for scenarios with and without trees ranged between 8-20 US /m3 (current overbak log volume at the saw mill yard is US 66/m3). There will be lower margins for coffee damage in high yielding plantations, specially in years of good coffee prices. Nevertheless, the use of timber shade trees is recommended even in these scenarios.
Main Author: | Somarriba, Eduardo 120490 |
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Format: | biblioteca |
Language: | eng |
Published: |
1992
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Subjects: | COFFEA ARABICA, CORDIA ALLIODORA, AGROFORESTERIA, ARBOLES DE SOMBRA, ARBOLES MADERABLES, DAÑOS, ANALISIS ECONOMICO, MODELOS, COSTA RICA, |
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