April 2016 – Page 2 – Indian Estates

Farm survey and soil sampling of coffee plantation

Experimental site and description area The Barahona Province has an extension of 1,639 km2. It is located between latitudes 18°40' and 18°12'N and longitudes 71° 17' and 71°21' W, southwest of the Dominican Republic. The area has an altitude between 700 and 1200 m.a.s.l, has a temperature annual range of 17 and 22 °C with an annual average of 26 °C1 The annual rainfall varies between 655 and 2296 mm (Pérez et al, 2002). The coffee cultivated area in the Barahona Province is 11,082 ha with about 3,565 participating farmers (CODOCAFE, 2002). Most of the area (98.6% or 30,710 ha) is in arabica cofee (C. arabica), whith the remainder (1790 ha) is planted to robusta coffee (C. canephora).

Soil fertility diagnosis of coffee farms

The first two principal components account for 76% of the total variance (Table 4). The first component has the higher explanatory power of the data. In this component, positive values…

What is Flora and Fauna?

Flora and fauna refer to plant and wildlife, respectively. The term is often used to refer to the indigenous plant and wildlife of a geographical region. Both are collective terms, referring to groups of plant or wildlife specific to a region or a time period. For example, the flora and fauna of a warm region may consist of tropical to warm-temperate vegetation and exotic species of birds.

Ecoregions & Biodiversity protection of western ghats

Eco-regions:- The Western Ghats are home to four tropical and subtropical moist broad leaf forest ecoregions – the North Western Ghats moist deciduous forests, North Western Ghats montane rain forests,…

Climate of western ghats

Climate in the Western Ghats varies with altitudinal gradation and distance from the equator. The climate is humid and tropical in the lower reaches tempered by the proximity to the…