Agroforestry Training Workshop
Ya’axché Conservation Trust
Training and support of indigenous farmers
Ya’axché supports indigenous farmers of the Trio Farmers Cacao Growers Association (TFCGA) with training on climate smart agricultural methods such as agro-forestry, Inga-alley cropping, organic farming and beekeeping. Training in proper climate smart agricultural techniques ensures that the agroforestry concession is providing benefits to both humans and nature.
Through the Community Outreach and Leadership program at Ya’axché, workshops on basic climate smart agriculture techniques were held following Ya’axché's Integrated Farming Manual. In addition Ya’axché regularly engages farmers in visits to climate smart demonstration farms within the concession that exhibit the benefits of these methods.The demonstration plots were developed by TFCGA farmers with the aid of Ya’axché support staff.
Ya’axché has found that hands-on learning/workshops and demonstration plots are most effective in training of farmers as they are able to see concrete outcomes of the climate smart methods we promote. In addition, most of our technical support staff are farmers themselves who implement these practices on their personal farms and are able to offer personal insight.