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Published 19. Sep 2023 by WeForest
Farmer Maria Lucia with some pupunha palm tree seedlings

The highly diversified agroforestry systems are composed of fruit trees and native tree species from the regional flora – 46 different species of each. Interspersed with these, the native cash crops that all farmers plant are coffee, banana, papaya and pupunha palm – Bactris gasipaes, from whose central stalk the delicious ‘heart of palm’ (palmito in Brazil) is harvested.