Country: Bolivia
Established: 2005
State: Santa Cruz
Geo Location: 17° 11´ 24ˮS 62° 52´ 20ˮW
Location: Amazon Basin
Ketrawe is about getting as many trees as possible at a rate faster than third parties are chopping trees out. Usually, farmers are blamed for cutting down the forest to expand agricultural fields, so the task at hand for this project is to convince farmers that trees are their best allies instead of an enemy that occupies productive land and eats up their yields.
Ketrawe Project
Ketrawe is about getting as many trees as possible at a rate faster than third parties are chopping trees out.. Usually, farmers are blamed for cutting down the forest to expand agricultural fields, so the task at hand for this project is to convince farmers that trees are their best allies instead of an enemy that occupies productive land and eats up their yields.
In that sense, this project has developed and pioneered a unique planting system with native and exotic trees, a fusion between windshields and traditional tree plantations. This model allows farmers to add value to their land while they increase their agricultural yields and, on top of that, enhance water conditions and fertility and reduce erosion.
This system has worked beautifully and has proven to be a success story that is being voluntarily and widely adopted by many farmers. The end product is higher land value, increased income for farmer families, reduction of forest fires, and positive environmental and social impact; the key to success has been to balance out a profitable synergy between farmers, agriculture, trees, and the environment.
