Published thesis · modeled results
Study ID: CHRS 10
Research question
Could additional harvests improve long-term viability and help growers afford the transition?
Location and scope: Puerto Rico · 10-acre modeled case study.
Principal site: Copper Hill, Las Marías & Maricao, Puerto Rico (modeled case study) · Academic context: master’s thesis, Harvard Extension School
Documented period Thesis published in 2026.
Approach and context
A 10-acre coffee case study compared six management scenarios over ten years, with 1,000 Monte Carlo simulations per scenario. The model assessed long-term net present value and whether annual income could support growers through the transition.
- Classification
- Published master’s thesis
- Research domain
- Agricultural Economics
- Research site
- Copper Hill Farm, Las Marías & Maricao, Puerto Rico
What the record supports
The thesis abstract reports mean ten-year net present values of −$119,128 per hectare for conventional monoculture, $52,353 for regenerative management without biomass sales, and $195,307 for regenerative coffee with leaf sales. The leaf scenario includes bean revenue. These are modeled results for the case study.
Read the full thesis on Harvard DASH ·