ECOTOP is redefining how farming works with nature, not against it
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Why ECOTOP
In the 1990s, after a visit from Ernst Götsch, Joachim Milz and a group of pioneer farmers in Alto Beni developed Dynamic Agroforestry on their own plots. The mix made the difference: farmers’ knowledge and agronomists with curiosity and a critical eye, looking for answers that no classroom could give.
The Sara Ana long-term trial with FiBL compares DAF cocoa with monoculture on the same site, with peer-reviewed results. As the pioneers of the method, ECOTOP has been part of most DAF research to date.
Our trainers are farmers and agronomists. Methods are passed on plot by plot, in the field, not on paper.
Carbon sequestration
+10.4t CO2/ha/yr
more than conventional monoculture
Biomass carbon after 14 years, averaged annually. Krause et al. (2025), Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment — SysCom Bolivia.
What we offer
Healthier soils, higher yields and income from the first year, with the local capacity to run and scale it.
01Feasibility, system design and implementation of DAF projects, from the first assessment to handover to local teams.
Learn more →Optional, and usually combined with one of the three services above.
Field data, farm mapping and live dashboards, built for agroforestry. For regulated commodities, EUDR due diligence comes on top.
Recent missions and news from our teams in the field.
Sierra Leone · CocoaBack with the farmers supplying Tradin Organic. Pruning is paying off; slash-and-mulch still meets resistance.
Ghana · CocoaSankofa Module 3.0: we trained trainers from Ghana's cocoa institutions first, then took the same topics to young farmers.
NewsletterOur monthly round-up: conservation farming in Madagascar and new pruning trials in Bolivia, Ecuador and the Dominican Republic.
Colombia · CocoaDemo plots with the Asoarhuaco Association, where biomass is cut and left as mulch instead of being burned.
Madagascar · CocoaGrafting workshops near Makira National Park: more cocoa from the trees farmers already have, less pressure on the forest.
Tell us about your farms or your sourcing region. We get back to you to talk through what Dynamic Agroforestry could do there.
