In Central America, coffee production has been negatively impacted by the instability of prices, impacting small coffee growers and especially those with coffee plantations in medium and low zones with standard quality.

Silvocafé is an agroforestry business model for shade coffee plantations that adds the management and silvicultural use of native and high commercial value (HCV) trees. The solution is based on the experiences implemented in Guatemala and Costa Rica.

The Silvocafé model, when implemented, allows the coffee grower to restore the ecosystem by improving ecosystem services (erosion prevention, water catchment, reduction of landscape fragmentation, increased carbon sequestration and biodiversity conservation) on his land, while at the same time producing timber by-products with HCV trees, with short, medium and long term returns, according to his planning.