Photos of the project:

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

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In this project the Jatropha plant is used to give shadow to the red pepper plants.

The best production results are in plot II (see graphics in the poster), where we have a combination of red pepper with Jatropha.  This might be due to the insecticide effect of Jatropha. At least the pest potential of the hot pepper plant is strongly reduced, so the production of organic hot pepper seems to be possible. If this effect will be confirmed, this OAS Agro-Forestry-Research-Project gives positive impulses to the use of Jatropha in combination with hot pepper as a "Sustainable Land Use System":

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last modification:  12.05.05