TY - JOUR

T1 - Shaded-Coffee

T2 - A Nature-Based Strategy for Coffee Production Under Climate Change? A Review

AU - Koutouleas, Athina

AU - Sarzynski, Thuan

AU - Bordeaux, Melanie

AU - Bosselmann, Aske Skovmand

AU - Campa, Claudine

AU - Etienne, Hervé

AU - Turreira-García, Nerea

AU - Rigal, Clément

AU - Vaast, Philippe

AU - Ramalho, José Cochicho

AU - Marraccini, Pierre

AU - Ræbild, Anders

N1 - Funding Information: This work was funded by and carried out in the context of the European Union's Horizon 2020 (H2020) research and innovation program by the BREEDCAFS (Breeding Coffee for Agroforestry Systems) project (2017–2021) under the grant agreement No. 727934 ( www.breedcafs.eu ). Portuguese national funding from Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT), through the research units UIDB/00239/2020 (CEF) and UIDP/04035/2020 (GeoBioTec) are also acknowledged. TS benefits from a thesis scholarship jointly financed by CIRAD and ECOM trading. Publisher Copyright: Copyright © 2022 Koutouleas, Sarzynski, Bordeaux, Bosselmann, Campa, Etienne, Turreira-García, Rigal, Vaast, Ramalho, Marraccini and Ræbild.

PY - 2022/4/28

Y1 - 2022/4/28

N2 - Coffee is deemed to be a high-risk crop in light of upcoming climate changes. Agroforestry practices have been proposed as a nature-based strategy for coffee farmers to mitigate and adapt to future climates. However, with agroforestry systems comes shade, a highly contentious factor for coffee production in terms of potential yield reduction, as well as additional management needs and interactions between shade trees and pest and disease. In this review, we summarize recent research relating to the effects of shade on (i) farmers' use and perceptions, (ii) the coffee microenvironment, (iii) pest and disease incidence, (iv) carbon assimilation and phenology of coffee plants, (v) coffee quality attributes (evaluated by coffee bean size, biochemical compounds, and cup quality tests), (vi) breeding of new Arabica coffee F1 hybrids and Robusta clones for future agroforestry systems, and (vii) coffee production under climate change. Through this work, we begin to decipher whether shaded systems are a feasible strategy to improve the coffee crop sustainability in anticipation of challenging climate conditions. Further research is proposed for developing new coffee varieties adapted to agroforestry systems (exhibiting traits suitable for climate stressors), refining extension tools by selecting locally-adapted shade trees species and developing policy and economic incentives enabling the adoption of sustainable agroforestry practices.

AB - Coffee is deemed to be a high-risk crop in light of upcoming climate changes. Agroforestry practices have been proposed as a nature-based strategy for coffee farmers to mitigate and adapt to future climates. However, with agroforestry systems comes shade, a highly contentious factor for coffee production in terms of potential yield reduction, as well as additional management needs and interactions between shade trees and pest and disease. In this review, we summarize recent research relating to the effects of shade on (i) farmers' use and perceptions, (ii) the coffee microenvironment, (iii) pest and disease incidence, (iv) carbon assimilation and phenology of coffee plants, (v) coffee quality attributes (evaluated by coffee bean size, biochemical compounds, and cup quality tests), (vi) breeding of new Arabica coffee F1 hybrids and Robusta clones for future agroforestry systems, and (vii) coffee production under climate change. Through this work, we begin to decipher whether shaded systems are a feasible strategy to improve the coffee crop sustainability in anticipation of challenging climate conditions. Further research is proposed for developing new coffee varieties adapted to agroforestry systems (exhibiting traits suitable for climate stressors), refining extension tools by selecting locally-adapted shade trees species and developing policy and economic incentives enabling the adoption of sustainable agroforestry practices.

KW - agroforestry

KW - bean quality

KW - climate change

KW - Coffea

KW - crop management

KW - hybrid

KW - microclimate

KW - shade

U2 - 10.3389/fsufs.2022.877476

DO - 10.3389/fsufs.2022.877476

M3 - Review

AN - SCOPUS:85130244962

VL - 6

JO - Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems

JF - Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems

SN - 2571-581X

M1 - 877476

ER -