Les cultures que nous cultivons
Ananas comosus
Pineapple grown under a light canopy of trees, on soil designed to keep its fertility from one cycle to the next.
Most pineapple is grown in open-field monoculture. The plants stand in full sun, the soil lies bare between cycles, and when yields drop farmers clear new land. In Benin, farmers often crop only a third of their pineapple land at a time and leave a third in fallow so the soil can recover.
ECOTOP brings Dynamic Agroforestry to pineapple. Pineapple goes in at the start of the system, together with maize, cassava and pigeon pea, while young fruit, timber and biomass trees grow up around it. Pruned branches and leaves cover the soil, and the trees shade the fruit in the hottest months.
Notre approche
A programme built with you, from the first field visit to whole cooperatives farming this way, with local people trained to run it.
In Benin, ECOTOP works with Tradin Organic and the RePAB cooperative to move more than 1,600 smallholders to Dynamic Agroforestry. Training combines field days with digital lessons on the SkillEd platform, and farms are working towards Regenerative Organic Certified status. Women carry much of this supply chain, so the project includes governance training aimed at them.
La différence
Pruned biomass covers and feeds the soil and holds moisture, so the same land can carry crop after crop instead of being left fallow.
A light canopy protects the fruit from sunburn and heat stress during heatwaves.
Maize, cassava, pigeon pea and later fruit and timber trees grow on the same plot, so income does not depend on pineapple alone.
Fertility comes from pruned biomass grown on the plot, with no synthetic fertilisers or pesticides, which fits organic and regenerative certification.
Partenaires
Éléments de preuve
Recherche · 10 minUne étude à long terme montre que l'agroforesterie permet d'atteindre des rendements comparables à ceux de l'agriculture conventionnelle, tout en offrant une résilience bien supérieure.
Article · 6 minPourquoi les systèmes diversifiés et gérés sont plus productifs que la maximisation de la monoculture.
Article · 6 minComment l'agroforesterie dynamique permet de stocker le carbone et de restaurer les paysages.
Nos services
De la première évaluation jusqu'au transfert à une équipe locale.
En savoir plus →Des formateurs qui pratiquent eux-mêmes l'agriculture DAF, en assurant un suivi de la parcelle jusqu'à ce que les sols et les rendements en témoignent.
En savoir plus →Carbone mesuré sur le terrain, prêt pour la certification.
En savoir plus →Données de terrain, cartes des parcelles et tableaux de bord. L'EUDR s'appuie sur ces mêmes données.
En savoir plus →Deux essais cliniques à long terme, dont les résultats ont fait l'objet d'une évaluation par des pairs.
En savoir plus →ECOTOP helps producers and buyers move pineapple out of open-field monoculture and into Dynamic Agroforestry. Let’s talk about your pineapple.
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