Valoración comparativa de la captura de carbono orgánico en sistemas agro forestales (Café + madera) y su relación con la rentabilidad productiva del cultivo en dos municipios del departamento de Santander.

Abstract

The objective of this study is to evaluate the effect of carbon sequestration on the productivity of selected agroforestry (coffee-growing) systems. In order to do so, we established the standard conditions that characterize each crop, as well as characterizing the storage capacity of organic carbon in the 5-year-old agroforestry systems based on protocols already established by Yepes et al (2011), and finally Established the conditions of profitability of an agroforestry crop, based on its carbon capture capacity, as value added to its market conditions taking into account the biotic physical conditions of the Agroforestry system, its capacity for environmental services, its valuation and possible influence In the marketing value of the products generated in the agroforestry crop. As a result, the total value of carbon capture through the agroforestry systems evaluated corresponds to 99.72 tons per hectare, of which 8.28% corresponds to the catch made by the coffee plants and the remaining 91.72% to the species Forestry responsible for providing shade corresponding to the La Pradera farm; As well as for the El Prado farm, the total value of carbon capture is 2.94 tons per hectare, which would be 50.34% per harvest by coffee plants and the remaining 49.66% will correspond to forest species. Lastly, the possible economic income for an organic coffee grower in a shady technique must be taken into account, the economic income from the sale of coffee, plus the possible economic income from the marketing of shade wood, plus the possibility Economic impact of carbon trading captured on the total biomass of the agroforestry systems.