
Coffee pulp used on deforested land dramatically boosts forest regrowth, study finds
Coffee pulp used on deforested land and degraded farmland can dramatically boost forest regrowth, scientists have found. Researchers from ETH-Zurich and the University of Hawaii used coffee pulp, a byproduct of coffee production, to cover degraded land which had been used for agriculture in southern Costa Rica. In 2018, researchers spread 30 dump truck loads of coffee pulp on to about one third of an acre of degraded farmland … Continue reading Coffee pulp used on deforested land dramatically boosts forest regrowth, study finds