Bio-diversity

This project will be implemented in the bottom of the Black Microcuenca Rio Coto Brus cant n. This has all the characteristics of intervention by man to the implementation of monoculture coffee; are even so small as protected areas. The three communities where the project is intended ejecuar presented in their traditional systems of production practices and lack of integration of production systems, utilization of land for the production of consumption in high-risk areas for soil degradation, transformation of areas of basic grains to pasture, some wooded areas of intervention for planting crops clean before moving on to pastures or transformation of basic grains and coffee plantations to pasture. In all these processes there is a deficiency in the management of soil resources, secondary forests, streams and water sources in general. Under these conditions it has become imperative ka search of technological options that lessen the negative impacts of agricultural activities on natural resources and ensure the sustainability of production systems. As an alternative option to the situation of the cultivation of coffee, which has generated most of the farmers have their farms within the livestock component. As forms of production support to agroforestry or silvopastoral systems emerge as a viable technological option and through establishment seeks to maximize the production of the areas already occupied by pastures and perennial crops and protect and enhance the natural resources, favoring forms of production environmentally friendly. Silvopastoral and agroforestry systems contribute to counteract the potentially negative environmental impacts characteristic of traditional production systems constitute a strategy to diversify and integrate livestock, agricultural and forest production, new products and generating additional revenue, reducing dependence on external inputs and giving a rational use of soils according to their usability. Objective: Improvement of existing production systems from the perspective of protection of natural resources and the integration of productive activities that contribute to improving quality of life and income through agroforestry in three communities in the watershed of the Rio Black canton of Coto Brus. Specific objectives:-Intervention in the communities of La Maravilla, Reyes and Caibo Under the Micro-Black river as a pilot program in technology transfer for better utilization of livestock and natural resources. -Encourage through different technological options whole-farm production systems incorporating the forestry component. Spread-generated technology and train producers involved through different training processes. -Improvement of existing equipment and infrastructure as an input for the implementation of actions in the field. -Enhance the experience to producers and other communities.

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