Conservation implementation
Study ID: CHRS 05
Research question
How can erosion control and agroforestry planning be applied on steep coffee ground?
Location and scope: Puerto Rico · Copper Hill.
Principal site: Copper Hill, Las Marías & Maricao, Puerto Rico · Collaborators: USDA NRCS (conservation contract 2019–2024; conservation planning); AgroforestryX design tool
Documented period 2019–2024 conservation contract.
Approach and context
Conservation work at Copper Hill included terraces, cover cropping and erosion controls under a USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service contract from 2019 to 2024. Copper Hill is working with AgroforestryX (NRCS) and is among the first to implement it.
- Classification
- Conservation implementation
- Research domain
- Tropical Agroforestry
- Research site
- Copper Hill Farm, Las Marías & Maricao, Puerto Rico
What the record supports
Conservation practice records provide a basis for comparing how agroforestry plans translate to steep coffee ground.