ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES - AGRO FORESTRY RESEARCH PROJECT

Development of sustainable land-use systems on degraded tropical pastures in Belize, Central America, as a model for Mesoamerica and the Caribbean.

This project is being conducted in cooperation with the Mayan Reserve Foundation, Belize, Central America, and it is funded by the Organization of American States. With our website we will keep you up to date about ongoing project activities and achieved project outputs.

The OAS Agro-Forestry Research Project was started three years ago, in April, 2003, in Belize. This project aims to develop transferable strategies for sustainable land-use in the tropics on degraded pastures, including activities for higher education, socio-economic development and research.

Project Objectives Keywords:

• Hot pepper (Capsicum spp.) based agro-forestry systems in Belize, including Physic nut (Jatropha curcas) and different forest trees
• Rehabilitation of degraded tropical land
• Agro-forestry research demonstration plots
• Research in the area of photosynthesis, nitrogen nutrition and water status
• Quantification of yield and stem diameter
• Higher education for students
• Networking and outreach