Shade Structure

 

Although most coffee grown around the world is cultivated without any shade cover, the shade structure of farms throughout Guatemala varies in complexity; from shade composed of several species of one genus, such as Inga, to more diverse systems that replicate the layers of a natural forest.

Shade Structure
 
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