Study 01
Collaborative field program
Study ID: CHRS 01
Research question
How can shade restoration and biochar be implemented on working coffee farms?
Location and scope: Puerto Rico · Copper Hill participation.
Principal site: Copper Hill, Las Marías & Maricao, Puerto Rico · Program partner: Caribbean Regenerative Community Development (USDA Climate-Smart Commodities project)
Approach and context
Copper Hill participated in a climate-smart coffee program led by Caribbean Regenerative Community Development. Its field practices included planting shade trees and applying biochar.
- Classification
- Collaborative field program
- Research domain
- Tropical Agroforestry
- Research site
- Copper Hill Farm, Las Marías & Maricao, Puerto Rico
What the record supports
The program provides context for testing how conservation practices can fit the economics of a working coffee farm. Separate site baseline work is cataloged in Study 11.
Program participation documented; methods and outcomes require project records.