Shade-grown coffee in Puerto Rico: Opportunities to preserve biodiversity while reinvigorating a struggling agricultural commodity

▶ The Puerto Rican coffee industry is in decline and depends on government support. ▶ Government recommendations led to conversion from shade to sun coffee. ▶ Shade coffee farmers were more satisfied with their cultivation practices. ▶ Most farmers would be willing to plant shade trees if they were supplied. ▶ Shade coffee could help preserve both biodiversity and the coffee industry in P.R.