Introduction to crees GROW project
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Objectives crees works to: 1. Improve the health and wealth of the local communities 2. Create long-term sustainable incomes that divert away from traditional
slash and burn practices 3. To reduce the impact of deforestation carbon footprints, and pollution in
the growing population 4. Provide environmental education, to children and adults
BIOGARDENS
AGROFORESTRY CARBON
SEQUESTRATION CREDITS
Environmentally
sustainable
incomes and
improved
nutrition
How?
How?
Find beneficiaries
Verify requirements
and sign agreement
Install Biogarden or Agroforestry
plot
Monitor production
and feedback
Biogardens
Biogardens are organic, small scale alotments for local families to grow fruit and vegetables containing essential vitamins and minerals,
that are otherwise bought, or not eaten at all
Plot 6x5m in backyard
Crees provides the seeds and the handywork
The beneficiaries
source bamboo cane for beds
and fence
Source of nutrition and income for the
family
Biogarden stats
• The GROW Project commenced in June 2010 and now has 237 direct beneficiaries of the Biogardens (around 20 % of the population in Salvacion)
• There are 51 families with Biogardens, and 57 Biogardens in total, and 9 have roofs • Many of the Biogardens now sell their produce to neighbours; the highest earner last year
was Ana Cecilio, who sold S/.258.80 ($95.85) of her produce
Average yearly incomes can be as low as $390 per capita in the region.
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Figure 4: Biogarden Average Annual Sales Income and Average Annual Effective Income 1st Vs. 2nd Year
Year 1
Year 2
How to YOU help? You will be getting your hands dirty: Maintaining Biogardens Constructing roofs Repairing Roofs Censusing the Biogardens for production and
beneficiary needs. Having fun!
Why roofs?
Roofs provide the plants in the biogardens with much needed protection from heavy rain in the wet season, and too much sun in the dry season
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Figure 3: Average total annual Biogarden crop production,
Wet Vs. Dry season
Biogarden products
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Figure 6: Proportion of Biogarden products grown, Year
2 (May'12- Apr'13)
Radish (Rabanitos)
Cucumber (Pepino)
Tomato (Tomate)
Lettuce (Lechuga)
Green beans(Vainita)
Cabbage (repollos)
Spinach (Espinaca)
Parsley (Perejil)
Biogarden futures
The future for the biogarden project is to establish a market cooperative, where the beneficiaries can sell their excess produce in Salvacion, to the MLC and to surrounding lodges
Agroforestry
• Companion planting banana trees with soft and hardwoods on deforested land
• This enables the farmers to sell the bananas short-term (18 months), soft wood after 15 years and hard wood after 40 years
• Each plot is a hectare of land and is purchased by the beneficiary
• Trees and labour are donated by crees
Agroforestry - Process
• 17 One-Hectare Agroforestry plots • 60+ beneficiaries • 9000 plantains (Bananas) Planted • 4000 trees planted
Species Quantity
Cedros (Hard) 10
Aguanos (Hard) 15
Shiguaguacos (Hard) 13
Copales (Soft) 30
Pashacos (Soft) 122
Platanos 600
Total 790
Agroforestry - Process The model we developed stipulates that each hectare of Agroforestry fits 600 banana plant and 190 trees
Agroforestry – Carbon Offsetting
GROW will use the additional value of carbon sequestration credits to reinvest and provide additional income for the community
The Future for GROW • Improvements in biogardens; new roofs for more
beneficiaries
• Improvements in agroforestry; replacement of dead trees
• Rainforest Alliance Certification
• Forest Stewardship Council Certification