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Pflanzen, mit denen wir arbeiten<\/p>

Einj\u00e4hrige Kulturen<\/h1>

Oryza, Zea, Phaseolus, Manihot<\/em><\/p>

Food from the first months, grown without fire, on the same plots where the trees of a Dynamic Agroforestry system are getting started.<\/p><\/div>

Rice with banana and cocoyam in a plot planted without burning \u00b7 Photo: ECOTOP<\/div><\/section>
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Maize 12 weeks after sowing into mulch, without burning, 2020 \u00b7 Photo: ECOTOP<\/div><\/div>

Annual crops, grown without fire<\/h2>

In much of the tropics, rice, maize and beans are still grown by slash-and-burn. Forest or fallow is cleared and burned, cropped for a year or two and then left. Yields fall after the first harvest, and in dry years the fires get out of control.<\/p>

In Dynamic Agroforestry the vegetation is cut and laid on the ground instead of burned. Maize, rice, beans and cassava come up through the mulch in the first months, while bananas, fruit and timber trees take over in the years that follow. Families eat and sell from the plot from the first season.<\/p>

On fields close to the house, where a family wants to keep growing food every year, rows of trees are pruned hard before each sowing. Their branches cover the soil, maize, beans or cassava grow in the light between the rows, and the trees resprout to grow the mulch for the next cycle. In Ghana’s Sankofa project, farmers began planting cocoa into these food plots in 2023, so the project decided to merge the two designs.<\/p><\/div><\/section>

1,560 kg\/ha<\/div>
average rice yield without burning or fertiliser in Alto Beni, Bolivia (2014\u20132018)<\/div><\/div>
123 ha<\/div>
of agroforestry plots set up without burning by 184 farmers in Alto Beni, 2017\u20132024<\/div><\/div>
3 months<\/div>
to the first bean harvest, with maize at four<\/div><\/div>
No fire<\/div>
cut vegetation stays on the field as mulch<\/div><\/div><\/section>

Unser Ansatz<\/p>

Wie wir mit Ihnen zusammenarbeiten<\/h2>

A programme built with you, from the first field visit to whole communities farming without fire, with local people trained to run it.<\/p>

1<\/div>
Beurteilen<\/div>
Bewertungsmission<\/div>
We look at the land, the fallow and how families grow food crops today, and run an introductory Dynamic Agroforestry workshop.<\/div><\/div><\/div>
2<\/div>
Design<\/div>
Ma\u00dfgeschneidertes Programm<\/div>
Together we plan the planting: annual crops across the plot in the first season, with banana, cassava and pigeon pea, and the trees that will follow.<\/div><\/div><\/div>
3<\/div>
Bef\u00e4higen<\/div>
Aufbau lokaler Kapazit\u00e4ten<\/div>
We train technicians and lead farmers to cut and mulch instead of burning, to sow into the mulch and to prune the companion plants.<\/div><\/div><\/div>
4<\/div>
Ma\u00dfstab<\/div>
Ver\u00e4nderung der Landschaft<\/div>
Exchanges between farmers and learning plots carry the method from family to family and village to village.<\/div><\/div><\/div>
5<\/div>
Monitor<\/div>
\u00dcberwachung und Berichterstattung<\/div>
Optional \u00fcberwachen wir die Parzellen mit dem DAF-Tracker (entwickelt mit FarmTree), um transparente und vergleichbare Daten zu erhalten.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>

Rice without burning in Alto Beni<\/h2>

Fundaci\u00f3n ECOTOP has grown rice and maize without burning in Alto Beni, Bolivia, for more than a decade. On fallow land, maize is sown together with canavalia, a cover crop that closes over the soil and keeps weeds down. After the maize harvest the canavalia is cut, and rice is sown straight into the mulch.<\/p>

In ECOTOP trials from 2014 to 2018, rice grown without burning averaged 1,560 kg of dried, peeled rice per hectare, with no external inputs and less weeding. Slash-and-burn rice in the region rarely passes 1,000 kg in the first year and drops after that. Fundaci\u00f3n ECOTOP also works with the municipalities of Palos Blancos and Alto Beni on local rules that restrict burning.<\/p><\/div>

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Dry rice a few weeks after sowing into slash-and-mulch, 2020 \u00b7 Photo: ECOTOP<\/div><\/div><\/section>

Der Unterschied<\/p>

What Dynamic Agroforestry brings to annual crops<\/h2>

Mulch, not fire<\/h3>

Cut vegetation stays on the ground as mulch and feeds the soil instead of going up in smoke.<\/p><\/div>

Safer in dry years<\/h3>

Without burning there is no fire to escape into forest and fallow, a growing risk after recent droughts.<\/p><\/div>

Food from the first season<\/h3>

Beans, maize, rice and cassava are harvested within months, long before the trees bear.<\/p><\/div>

A start for the trees<\/h3>

The annual crops share the plot with bananas, fruit and timber trees, which take over as the system grows.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/section>

Partner<\/p>

Programm & Partner<\/h2>
Projekt<\/span>

Sankofa, Ghana<\/h3>

Started in 2016 with lead farmers testing planting without burning. Maize, cowpea, cassava, yam and plantain grow in the first years of the cocoa plots.<\/p><\/a>Field news<\/span>

Learning plots without fire, Colombia<\/h3>

Three half-hectare learning plots with the Asoarhuaco association in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, with maize, beans, cassava and plantain sown into mulch; cocoa follows in the next phase.<\/p><\/a>Forschung<\/span>

SysCom long-term trial, Bolivia<\/h3>

Comparing agroforestry and monoculture side by side since 2008. The plots started with one season of maize and canavalia before the cocoa went in.<\/p><\/a><\/div><\/section>

Beweise<\/p>

Die wissenschaftlichen Grundlagen von DAF<\/h2>
\"LangzeitversuchForschung \u00b7 10 Min.<\/span>

15 Jahre Ertragsdaten aus der Agroforstwirtschaft<\/h3>

Eine Langzeitstudie zeigt, dass die Agroforstwirtschaft mit herk\u00f6mmlichen Ertr\u00e4gen mithalten kann und dabei eine weitaus gr\u00f6\u00dfere Widerstandsf\u00e4higkeit aufweist.<\/p><\/a>\"ErtragsoptimierungArtikel \u00b7 6 Min.<\/span>

Ertragsoptimierung durch dynamische Agroforstwirtschaft<\/h3>

Warum vielf\u00e4ltige, bewirtschaftete Systeme ertragreicher sind als die Maximierung durch Monokultur.<\/p><\/a>\"Agroforstwirtschaft,Artikel \u00b7 6 Min.<\/span>

Agroforstwirtschaft, Kohlenstoff & Wiederaufforstung<\/h3>

Wie die dynamische Agroforstwirtschaft Kohlenstoff bindet und Landschaften wiederherstellt.<\/p><\/a><\/div><\/section>

Unsere Dienstleistungen<\/p>

Weitere M\u00f6glichkeiten der Zusammenarbeit mit Ihnen<\/h2>
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Projektentwicklung und -umsetzung<\/h3>

Von der ersten Begutachtung bis zur \u00dcbergabe an ein Team vor Ort.<\/p>Mehr erfahren \u2192<\/span><\/a><\/circle><\/circle><\/path><\/path><\/svg><\/span>

Kapazit\u00e4tsaufbau und technische Hilfe<\/h3>

Ausbilder, die selbst DAF anbauen und die Parzelle so lange betreuen, bis sich dies in den B\u00f6den und Ertr\u00e4gen widerspiegelt.<\/p>Mehr erfahren \u2192<\/span><\/a><\/path><\/svg><\/span>

Auswirkungen auf das Klima und Kohlenstoffentfernung<\/h3>

Vor Ort gemessener Kohlenstoff, zertifizierungsf\u00e4hig.<\/p>Mehr erfahren \u2192<\/span><\/a><\/path><\/rect><\/rect><\/rect><\/svg><\/span>

\u00dcberwachung und EUDR-Verifizierung<\/h3>

Felddaten, Parzellenkarten und Dashboards. EUDR auf Basis derselben Daten.<\/p>Mehr erfahren \u2192<\/span><\/a><\/path><\/path><\/path><\/svg><\/span>

Fortgeschrittene Forschung<\/h3>

Zwei Langzeitstudien, von Fachkollegen begutachtete Ergebnisse.<\/p>Mehr erfahren \u2192<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/section>

Working with farmers who clear land by fire? Let’s talk about alternatives.<\/h2>

ECOTOP helps cooperatives, NGOs and companies bring food crops into Dynamic Agroforestry, without fire. Let’s talk about your project.<\/p>Sprechen Sie mit unserem Team<\/a><\/section><\/div>