The ultimate goal of the farm is to adapt to severe droughts magnified by climate change

severe drought adaptive measures

A water reservoir is being built to capture and store rainwater and water from the rivers that cross the plantation during the rainy season so that the plantation does not suffer from severe droughts that are increasingly recurrent.

Composting of cocoa pods will begin in year 2019 which will not only decrease the need for chemical fertilizers, but also improve the water retention capacity of the soil, ultimately saving important amounts of water.

Additionally, the irrigation system is being repaired which will reduce current water loss due to leakages.

Precision agriculture

12Tree is making a considerable investment in Maquencal’s fertigation system which will apply smaller doses of fertilizer and allow the project to substantially reduce the current operating costs of mechanical and manual application of fertilizer.

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