Agroforestr nursery
Ya’axché Conservation Trust
Establishment of nursery seedlings
The establishment of a nursery supports high yield local cacao varietals, fruit and timber species to encourage growth of climate smart agroforestry farms. This ensures sustainability and productivity of agroforestry plots and supports promotion of these methods to new farmers.
With the support of Ya’axché technical staff, Trio Farmers Cacao Growers Association constructed a one-acre nursery on the concession. In addition, the maintenance and watering of seedlings/saplings in the nursery is done by wives and children of Trio farmers.
The nursery serves to help new farmers start their own climate smart agriculture farms as well as ensure future research into high yield varieties of plants.