The Coffee ecosystem is characterized with a number of species of ants and their precise role in maintaining a sound ecological balance in helping coffee Agroforestry is poorly understood The urgent need to write this article is based on our understanding that each species of ants plays an important ecological role in the coffee ecosystem […]
Woodpeckers as Keystone Species in Eco-Friendly Shade Coffee
Shade-grown Eco-friendly coffee Plantations in India is a part of the Western Ghats, recognized the world over as a hotspot of biodiversity. Coffee Plantations extending thousands of hectares provide an ideal habitat for a number of wildlife species, both resident and migratory. Birds in general play different roles in any given ecosystem. Birds help maintain […]
Eco-friendly Coffee And Bird Communication
At the outset. We would like to inform the readers that we have worked on the bird biodiversity of eco-friendly Indian Coffee Plantations for over three decades. This has resulted in the publication of our first volume, titled Eco-friendly Shade Coffee, in the year 2009. We have recorded more than 125 species of birds inside […]
Eco-friendly Coffee and Raw Honey
We have extensively written on the role of various pollen vectors involved in cross-pollination inside coffee forests. Having sufficient understanding of these pollination agents enables the coffee Planters to maximize both productivity and quality of multi crops. That apart, we often overlook a very important aspect of raw honey that is abundantly available inside the […]
Soil Health And Microbes
Soil health reflects on many aspects of the Nations well-being and is a key factor in determining the food security of the globe. Yet this very important aspect of soil health is poorly understood. We have made an honest attempt to think out of the box, being fully aware, of the limitations, inside of the […]
Human Urine As A Microbial Stimulant
We had written an article, titled Stimulation of soil microflora inside coffee plantations in the year 2009. (March 1, 2009). In this article, we had mentioned the results of our experiments conducted for over a 5 year period on the effect of human urine on the growth and development of the coffee bush. A one-acre […]