{"id":28665,"date":"2020-05-06T13:49:22","date_gmt":"2020-05-06T18:49:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/?p=28665"},"modified":"2020-11-06T09:22:26","modified_gmt":"2020-11-06T14:22:26","slug":"panama-agroforestry-technique-silvopasture-improves-ranching-traditions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/panama-agroforestry-technique-silvopasture-improves-ranching-traditions\/","title":{"rendered":"In Panama, agroforestry technique of silvopasture improves ranching traditions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/silvopasture.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-28666\" src=\"https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/silvopasture.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/silvopasture.jpg 700w, https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/silvopasture-300x166.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"bulletpoints\">\n<ul>\n<li><em>Ranching in Panama dates back to the 1500s, when Spanish settlers decided that cattle were the agricultural commodity that grew best in the tropical climate.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>However, this tradition has severely deforested the tropical nation and depleted its soil resources too, twin problems that are worsening in tandem with the effects of climate change.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>However, the agroforestry technique of silvopasture ranching, where trees and woody shrubs are planted into livestock pastures, is gaining ground here.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Not only is it much more profitable than conventional ranching, but the system also provides habitat for monkeys, insects, birds and more while sequestering carbon from the atmosphere.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>LOS ASIENTOS, Panama \u2014 It was auction day in the town of Santiago, and ranchers from the region gathered to buy and sell cattle. A metallic clatter rang out from the livestock pens in the early afternoon heat as the bulls became restless, thrashing and kicking in their crowded quarters. Attached to the outside wall of the pens was a raised wooden platform where one could walk and take stock of the livestock, taking care to avoid agitated horns that sometimes swiped through the gaps.<\/p>\n<p>Those who gathered were almost all men in jeans, T-shirts and baseball caps. But not all.<\/p>\n<p>Odielca Sol\u00eds also frequents cattle auctions like these, driving from her home in Los Asientos to auctions hours away, two or three times a week. \u201cIt\u2019s my business,\u201d she says simply.<\/p>\n<p>Wearing black velvet three-inch heels, dark navy jeans, and layered sweaters, Sol\u00eds\u2019s attire could have sufficed for a night on the town. But she was there for the same purpose as everyone else: buying cattle for her diversified cattle ranch.<\/p>\n<p>As the auction commenced, Sol\u00eds took a seat and watched as the cattle were prodded from pen to scale, to sale, and back. She used her iPhone calculator to decide which cows to bid on, chatting with nearby cattlemen. Out of the dozens of ranchers present, she was one of only two women. And there was something else distinguishing about her as well: the way she runs her ranch.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_229577\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-229577\" src=\"https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/04\/28144903\/IMG_3284-768x512.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Odielca Sol\u00eds (l) at a cattle auction. Image by Erin Banks Rusby for Mongabay.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Instead of raising cattle on plain grass pasture, Sol\u00eds uses a system called silvopasture, the planting of trees and shrubs into pastures, which benefits the cows and increases the biodiversity of her ranch\u2019s ecosystem. After taking a sustainable ranching course taught by a Yale University-affiliated program in Panama and visiting some model farms, Sol\u00eds became convinced that she could increase the profits from her ranching operation without needing more land or chemical inputs. A type of <a href=\"https:\/\/news.mongabay.com\/series\/global-agroforestry\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">agroforestry<\/a>, silvopasture is also highly rated as method of sequestering carbon from the atmosphere.<\/p>\n<p>But in choosing this system, Sol\u00eds needed to depart from deeply embedded local norms about what it means to be a successful landowner and cattle rancher in an industry where, as a woman, she is already in the minority.<\/p>\n<p>Managing silvopasture systems requires a lot of extra work compared to traditional ranching. For example, the land must be sectioned and the cows need to be rotated between the sections frequently, so that they don\u2019t overgraze any one area. While helpful to her cattle and local wildlife, planting trees has put her at odds with some farmers \u2014 why plant trees on land that your ancestors worked hard to keep clear, people ask? At times, these practices have put her in conflict with old-timers.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, the promise of this system has motivated Sol\u00eds to keep moving forward. Planting trees and shrubs offers a whole host of benefits that translate into producing more meat, and it benefits the environment in two major ways: improving the habitat value for wildlife, and sequestering carbon.<\/p>\n<p>Though cows are generally blamed for contributing climate-warming gases to the atmosphere, the additional woody plants and improved soils of silvopasture systems result in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drawdown.org\/solutions\/silvopasture\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">estimated<\/a> 26 gigatons to 42 gigatons of carbon dioxide being pulled out of the air globally before it has a chance to contribute to climate change. In these ways, the practices that Sol\u00eds and a new school of farmers in her region are using could provide a solution for cattle ranching\u2019s heavy environmental footprint, even in a country where cattle is king.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_229578\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-229578\" src=\"https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/04\/28145114\/IMG_2766.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Edwin Ballesteros\u00a0brings some forage grown in the silvopasture system to Sol\u00eds\u2019s cows. Image by Erin Banks Rusby for Mongabay.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Old days,\u00a0new ways<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the not-too-distant past, before the advent of modern banks that made it possible to save money securely, a herd of cattle was essentially a living, breathing savings account. A rancher could look across the landscape and, one by one, count the value of their grazing assets.<\/p>\n<p>The predominance of ranching in Panama dates back nearly to the arrival of Spanish settlers in the 1500s, since cattle were the commodity that grew best in the tropical climate. The early settlers cleared land so that grasses could get enough sun to grow, and also had to ensure trees didn\u2019t sprout back up.<\/p>\n<p>Then and now, when someone inherits a ranch from their family, it\u2019s as if they are inheriting \u201cnot only the land, but the way of managing it,\u201d says Jacob Slusser, program coordinator at Yale\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/elti.yale.edu\/about-elti\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Environmental Leadership Training Institute<\/a> (ELTI), which offers the sustainable farming courses that got Sol\u00eds interested in silvopasture techniques.<\/p>\n<p>Though two-thirds of the population lives in Panama City, and cattle ranching accounts for less than 3% of the country\u2019s GDP, many people in rural areas still tend to be connected to it in some way for their livelihoods. West of the big city, the Azuero Peninsula is widely considered the agricultural and cultural heart of the country, and was one of the first areas where the Spanish established ranching. Throughout the year, people come from around the country to attend its colorful festivals and fairs celebrating holidays such as Carnaval and saint\u2019s days.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"iframe-class\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2SVq5sAKmMs\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"yes\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>Video by Nisha Balaram<\/em><\/p>\n<p>But after 500 years of ranching, much of the land is severely degraded. Cows have roamed it for so long that their collective weight has compacted it greatly, making it difficult for plants other than pasture grasses to grow. That also makes it harder for rain to soak into the ground, and without enough roots to hold it in place, the soil is prone to erosion.<\/p>\n<p>Tropical soils are also nutrient poor to begin with, and there often aren\u2019t enough naturally occurring insects around to break down cow dung, so the recycling of even these nutrients back into the ground is minimal. Reduced biodiversity also means there are few herbivores around to control weeds, so farmers increasingly rely on herbicides to do the job. Couple all of this with climate change-induced drought and there is a real sense that the ranching business just isn\u2019t what it used to be.<\/p>\n<p>Even in the province of Los Santos in the southeastern part of the peninsula, where ranchers\u2019 adherence to the traditional practice of cutting trees has earned them the nickname <em>arrieltas<\/em>, or leaf-cutters, some have recognized the need for a change.<\/p>\n<p>In 2009, a group of ranchers from Los Santos participated in an ELTI program to learn about silvopasture\u2019s benefits. Beside the carbon and soil effects, they learned how the system provides wildlife habitat, shade for the cows, and perhaps surprisingly, food for the cows as well: it turns out that cows enjoy eating a more varied diet than just grass, and that these plants can have a higher protein content, too.<\/p>\n<p>Better forage translates into higher milk and meat production, so when the ranchers returned to their respective farms, they were interested to try it. But they quickly realized that to adopt silvopasture, and for others to do the same, they needed support to help cover initial costs and investments; converting a ranch to silvopasture can cost up to $2,000 per hectare, or about $800 an acre \u2014 a steep investment for the average farmer. Panama does have a program that supports silvopasture in the lands adjacent to the Panama Canal, but there is no funding or incentives for it elsewhere in the country.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_229587\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-229587\" src=\"https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/04\/28153227\/IMG_2659.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sol\u00eds\u2019s cattle enjoy the silvopasture system\u2019s twin benefits of shade and forage. Image by Erin Banks Rusby for Mongabay.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>With encouragement from ELTI, the ranchers formed the Association of Livestock and Agro-Silvopastoral Producers of Pedas\u00ed (APASPE) and sought funding to help themselves and others in the region cover startup costs. They were able to secure a grant from the Global Environment Facility (GEF), a program of the World Bank that supports climate change mitigation projects to support biodiversity, as the carbon sequestration services and increased biodiversity from these systems dovetailed well with GEF\u2019s stated purpose. Now, nearly 10 years later, the organization has more than 30 members and boasts multiple model farms where farmers can witness silvopasture techniques in action.<\/p>\n<p>At first, even Sol\u00eds was skeptical of claims that she could boost meat production just by making changes to vegetation and water availability on her ranch. But after going on a field trip to a model farm in the province of Chiriqu\u00ed, she was sold. She is now one of just three female farmers in APASPE, and one of the earliest members.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI became convinced that [I] didn\u2019t need to have a ton of land to make a profit,\u201d she said, and began focusing her energy on adapting the new techniques to her land, despite the cultural stigma of being a female cattle rancher and planting trees. Even for a seasoned cattle rancher, it has taken years of concentrated hard work to implement the system, but her farm has begun to reap the rewards.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Financial benefit and biodiversity boon<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s 8:40 a.m., and the soft light that bathed Sol\u00eds\u2019 farm since dawn is intensifying as the sun inches higher into the sky. In the town of Los Asientos, most farmers don\u2019t live on their farms, and traditional cattle ranching can be fairly hands-off; some farmers visit their farms every two weeks or so. Sol\u00eds visits hers almost every day, and today, she is walking wheelbarrows full of sacks of corn shuckings and corn and soy meal down the hill to further supplement the cows\u2019 diet.<\/p>\n<p>It has taken a while for other farmers to come to terms with Sol\u00eds\u2019s intensive approach to cattle ranching, though ranching has been part of her life from an early age. When she adopted this management-intensive form of raising cattle, people in town started to talk.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy are you working so much on the farm?\u201d they\u2019d ask.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m just working,\u201d was her reply.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re acting like a <em>venao<\/em>,\u201d they\u2019d say, \u201clike a deer.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_229592\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-229592\" src=\"https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/04\/28154230\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-10-at-4.15.47-PM.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"431\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Howler monkeys and birds have returned to Sol\u00eds\u2019s land with the addition of trees. Image by Nisha Balaram for Mongabay.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Name-calling like this didn\u2019t do much to deter Sol\u00eds\u2019s resolve. The work was important to her and she was motivated to implement new techniques that could help her business in the long run.<\/p>\n<p>She began to convert small amounts of land, 3 hectares (7 acres) at a time, into silvopasture. She had to build lots of enclosures \u2014 she wanted to be able to rotate the cattle frequently so that they didn\u2019t overgraze any parcels \u2014 often by herself. She also planted seeds of native trees and shrubs that could offer more protein to her cattle than just grasses. The availability of extra protein-rich forage has since allowed Sol\u00eds to host additional cattle on her land, which has had the desired effect of producing more meat. The trees also shade her cattle, helping them avoid heat stress.<\/p>\n<p>Sol\u00eds started to see dramatic improvements in her production: a hectare of land under silvopasture, about 2.5 acres, now yields roughly the same profit as 3 hectares of plain traditional grass pasture \u2014 a figure encompassing the economic promise of silvopastoral systems.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a wide range of silvopastoral systems with a huge variation in efficiency,\u201d Zoraida Calle, of the Center for Research on Sustainable Agricultural Production (CIPAV), tells Mongabay. She says a silvopasture system with sparse trees can be twice as profitable as a conventional ranch, while an intensive silvopasture system \u2014 complete with a high density of shrubs and shade trees \u2014 can be five times as profitable as a conventional ranch, or even more. \u201cAll of them are more profitable (and sustainable) than their conventional counterparts,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<p>The benefits can also extend beyond profit, Sol\u00eds noticed \u2014 the birds had returned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe birdsong \u2014 each different one, each different song indicates there are more birds compared to 25, 15, even fewer years ago,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<p>But hearing about the benefits of silvopasture systems is not always enough to change minds. Sol\u00eds recalls a time when a neighbor used local expressions to emphasize his distaste for her farming practices, accusing her of <em>haciendo la finca monta\u00f1as<\/em> and <em>volviendo la finca monte<\/em>. The literal translation is \u201cletting the farm turn into mountains,\u201d but is used to mean \u201cletting the farm become overgrown with woody plants.\u201d The insinuation was that the practices she was using allowed trees to take over and that she wouldn\u2019t be able to provide enough food for her cattle.<\/p>\n<p>Because of popular beliefs like this, APASPE encourages its members to invite other farmers to see and learn from their successes firsthand. One day, a skeptical neighbor passed by and Sol\u00eds invited him to walk with her as she went about her routine. By the end of the walk, the neighbor said he understood Sol\u00eds better. He had thought she was crazy to be planting so many trees, but once there, he could see that it was possible to raise cattle in that way without harming the land or letting it be reabsorbed by the forest.<\/p>\n<p><em>See related: <a href=\"https:\/\/news.mongabay.com\/2020\/01\/young-farmers-apply-ancient-agroforestry-practices-in-the-heart-of-sardinia\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Silvopasture in Sardinia<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_229593\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-229593\" src=\"https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/04\/28154546\/IMG_2890-768x512.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The farm has become prettier under the silvopasture system, too, as Sol\u00eds has seeded the important forage plant\u00a0Mexican sunflower (Tithonia diversifolia) throughout the pastures. Image by Erin Banks Rusby for Mongabay.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Resilience and adaptation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After feeding the cows in the enclosure near the creek, Sol\u00eds decides to check in on the rest of her cattle in a different pen up the hill. Jacob Slusser and Saskia Santamaria from the ELTI are taking a tour of the farm today. Together, the three cross the creek and start following the dirt path on the other side. Soon after, they pass from the shade of the creek trees into the full sun and start the slight ascent.<\/p>\n<p>The breeze picks up as they near the top of the hill. The outline of a living fence \u2014 one whose posts are made from live, sprouting trees, a common practice in the region \u2014 comes into view. It encloses a tree-less, open pasture brimming with greenish-yellow bunch grasses and hosting four cows at the moment. As they pass through the metal gate, a light brown bull with a dark chocolate-colored snout starts and goes trotting briskly toward the back of the pasture, stopping to turn around and stare inquisitively at the visitors.<\/p>\n<p>Black, white, brown, and most shades in between, Sol\u00eds\u2019s cows reflect the typical diversity of breeds in Panama, many of which are descendants of Brahman cattle, a hybrid of different Indian cow breeds adapted to withstand hot, tropical climates.<\/p>\n<p>But even heat-adapted cows aren\u2019t totally immune to heat stress, and the unpredictability of rain is presenting new challenges. Sol\u00eds\u2019s town is located in the dry arc of Central America, a swath of tropical dry forest habitat on the Pacific coast that, with climate change, is becoming especially prone to prolonged dry spells.<\/p>\n<p>Panama has two main seasons: the rainy season, also called winter, runs from around May to December; the dry season, or summer, tends to run from December through April. But in November 2018, the rains abruptly ended a month early. At the time, Sol\u00eds had a sizeable herd that she had planned to raise over the summer. In response, she decided instead to sell many of them.<\/p>\n<p><em>See more of Mongabay\u2019s coverage of trends in global agroforestry\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.mongabay.com\/series\/global-agroforestry\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">here<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Her sudden need to react to the lack of precipitation reflects the experience of other farmers, who\u2019ve found themselves in a new world where weather conditions are very different from those experienced by those even just a generation before.<\/p>\n<p>Many people in the region don\u2019t have wells, and depend on surface water from streams to provide water to cattle. Sol\u00eds decided to invest in a well so that her cattle could have better access to water year-round. She also sought funding for a project that is now one of the defining features of her farm: a solar-powered system that pumps water to where she needs it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[APASPE] provided the opportunity to cover all of the necessary costs, all of the materials like a pump, a solar panel, hoses, and troughs,\u201d Sol\u00eds says. \u201cJust with solar power, we can flip a switch and move water to all parts of the farm.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Adaptations like these can help farmers build resilience to survive even the toughest times. Her methods have changed, and she thinks the times are changing to allow more women and cattle ranchers to follow suit, too.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_229596\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-229596\" src=\"https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/04\/28154945\/water-tank.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"501\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sol\u00eds with her new solar powered irrigation tank. Image by Erin Banks Rusby for Mongabay.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Forging new traditions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Another reason that there aren\u2019t more female ranchers here is that it\u2019s traditional for boys to be invited into the trade, while girls are shunted into the roles of wife, homemaker, and child-rearer, and denied the opportunities to learn and grow a relationship with the land.<\/p>\n<p>But Sol\u00eds says she thinks women are making inroads, in particular through education, where more women are choosing to study agriculture at the university level.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are women that obtain land through inheritance [and decide to keep it] and there are women who go into debt so that they can get loans and buy land.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But Sol\u00eds says even people who have been given the opportunity to work the land face obstacles to adopting practices that can improve their production and ranching\u2019s often fraught relationship with the environment. This is because younger family members tend to work under the older generation\u2019s preferred model.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are fathers and grandfathers who still oversee their lands and don\u2019t give opportunities or open up the land [for] their children or grandchildren to grow or create projects,\u201d Sol\u00eds says. \u201cThere are youth that have seen my model farm but always say that their grandfather or their father won\u2019t give them the opportunity to do something like this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sol\u00eds has an 11-year-old son, and thinks his involvement on the farm has been very important. Though he sometimes complains about having to help, he understands that it translates to having money, even if it means working on weekends.<\/p>\n<p>APASPE\u2019s model has been reaching a wider, younger audience interested in creating change, and for Belgis Madrid, one of APASPE\u2019s founding members, what the organization has achieved in such a short time is inspiring.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_229573\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-229573\" src=\"https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/04\/28134832\/Odielca-Solis-768x512.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sol\u00eds gathers some fruits of her labors. Image by Erin Banks Rusby for Mongabay.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese [silvopasture] systems are a change from the traditional farms paradigm to farms that are even more productive,\u201d he says. \u201cStarting with small farmers, we have managed to change the model for the landscape.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>CIPAV\u2019s Calle says Latin America will likely experience an expansion of silvopasture, but there are two main bottlenecks. First, there\u2019s a need for incentives that compel farmers to adopt the practice. Second, the people who train farmers need better training themselves.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to achieve a deep and lasting transformation in the relation of farmers with their land, and we need the silvopastoral leaders to inspire others to multiply this change,\u201d Calle says.<\/p>\n<p>Without a robust scaling strategy, silvopasture systems might not take off, says Valentina Robiglio, a landscape ecologist with the Kenya-based\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldagroforestry.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">World Agroforestry Centre<\/a>, which supports implementation of agroforestry practices worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are at a very initial stage to promote integration and build a favorable context for silvopastoral systems to take off and move beyond individual success stories as the one you present,\u201d Robligio says, referring to Sol\u00eds\u2019s system.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_229597\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-229597\" src=\"https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/04\/28155234\/IMG_2863-768x512.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sol\u00eds surveys her farm and looks toward a greener and more profitable future. Image by Erin Banks Rusby for Mongabay.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Despite the enormous cultural challenges and shifting weather patterns, it\u2019s a future that Sol\u00eds and the other APASPE members are willing to bet on: a chance to modify traditional cattle ranching into something that better serves the environment and those who practice it, thereby preserving that livelihood for the generations who follow.<\/p>\n<p><em>Erin Banks Rusby is a freelance journalist covering the environment, business, and health. Her work has appeared in Earth Island Journal, East Bay Express, and Oakland Magazine.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Nisha Balaram is a documentary filmmaker and freelance journalist. 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