Jubilación Segura, Peru

Supporting small-holder farming communities by implementing agroforestry.

About Jubilación Segura

The Jubilación Segura project is located in a biodiversity hotspot and was developed to support small-holder cocoa and coffee farmers by implementing agroforestry systems and reforesting degraded landscapes.

4,200,000+

TREES DELIVERED

50+

SPECIES PLANTED

6,000+

FARMERS SUPPORTED

4,300+

HECTARES IMPACTED

Overview

PUR’s Jubilación Segura project in Peru aims to address the livelihood needs of local communities while helping farmers adapt to climate change, regenerate degraded soils, and protect vital animal habitats.

These efforts complement PURs 300,000ha REDD+ forest conservation project in the region. The ecosystem where the project is located — Yungas Peruanas — is a biodiversity hotspot which hosts key watersheds as well as the ancient ruins of Gran Pajatén.

Project Certification Context

Shade Agroforestry

Native tree species are chosen to be planted among and around the cocoa and coffee parcels. After a few years, these trees provide shade for the crops below. This practice became necessary to stabilize yields and mitigate the effects of climate change. Fruit trees are also planted, especially around the parcels, to provide farmers with additional income.

Restoring Degraded Pastures

The project has worked to restore degraded pastures by planting 230,000 trees with 19 different native species. The project landscape encompasses many degraded pastures, which have the potential to be restored in future planting waves.

Full Stand Model

This full-stand model was implemented in one of the parcels with native species. The farmer decided to conserve this forest plantation, so the project supported him by adding this land to the national registry of plantations.

Oro Verde Cooperative

Producers from the Oro Verde cooperative receive technical assistance from the project to carry out pruning and thinning in parcels — with the aim of implementing the management plan for forest plantations.

"Doing reforestation can achieve other income. In a few years, the wood will be used for timber, but meanwhile, my bees take advantage of the flowering trees to produce honey."

Bilder Lozano, Peru

"We have made a change by achieving organic production in agroforestry systems, and many admire us."

Gilberto Rodriguez, Peru

"With the project, we have added value to our farms. Customers are asking us for cacao from agroforestry systems."

Desiderio Lozano, Peru

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