Shade grown ecofriendly coffee plantations house a variety of forest and introduced trees which in turn provide biomass in the form of dead wood, leaf litter, plant and other residues.
The importance of fertilizer, particularly nitrogen, in increasing coffee yields and quality was proved beyond doubt by researchers and this lead to the widespread and indiscriminate use of nitrogenous fertilizers in boosting coffee yields.
Shade Grown coffee has become synonymous with quality coffee. It refers to a method of growing coffee in a natural environment including shade trees and songbirds. Traditionally coffee was always grown this way.
