Agenda Götsch’s Articles

Among 500 coffee samples from 20 Brazilian regions, the coffee from producer Wilians Valério, from Recanto dos Tucanos received the Best Coffee of the Year 2019 award.

Ernst Götsch presented his ideas in a conference dedicated to Syntropic Farming in Mértola, Portugal, in November 2018. As we promised, after one year we

Stones in the field are often a huge problem, and the standard solution is to remove them. But Ernst Götsch has a new suggestion: plant

The renowned scientist Antonio Nobre and the farmer and researcher Ernst Götsch met for many enriching conversations about climate change and agricultural models for the

There is no quick answer. We have to be honest and immediately warn that you won’t find a recipe ready to copy and paste here.

In this week’s video, we go deeper into a recurring subject: eucalyptus. This time, we talk about the dynamics of natural forest clearings, thermodynamics and

The advantages of more sustainable agricultural methods have been widely studied. If we narrow down only to agroforestry systems – such as Syntropic Farming –

Collaboration: Dayana Andrade “A paradoxical reconciliation becomes possible: all men desire the same thing and never understand each other, but those who hate the same

Our current challenges Currently, food, wood and fiber production have altered the capacity of humans to survive on the planet, while at the same time

Hedgerows were a common element of any rural area before world war II and the popularity of barbed wire. An ancient practice lost with modern

Hi everyone. This March 2019 we did a workshop with Ryan Botha and Karen De Vries in the south of Spain. They run a small

EXPERIMENT OF CATTLE INTEGRATION IN A SYNTROPIC AGRICULTURE SYSTEM ON THE FARM “ESTRELA DALVA LAMARÃO” Authors: Luisa Nogueira Queiroz & Luciano Queiroz Neto https://youtu.be/iZIporw8eEoOur experience

In this week’s article, we bring you a reflection on some concepts that are part of the decision-making process of the syntropic farmer, and that

According to Ernst Götsch, pruning is the fuel of transformations and the key to the acceleration of natural succession. In Syntropic Agriculture’s view, the role

Are you tired of weeding around your trees? In this week’s video, we show you how to transform a useless area into a productive and

In this week’s video, we share with you a technique that seeks to simulate the forest soil in a highly degraded site. It may seem

This week we present you two side events that happened last November in Mértola, Portugal, right after the official Conference about Syntropic Farming. In the

Oxen and cows are large animals. Therefore, according to the definitions of the Syntropic Agriculture, they are animals of Abundance Systems. Not by chance, this

In this video, Ernst shows us the strategy of the ecosystem to allow forest regeneration despite all efforts we do to prevent it. The thorny

In this video, Ernst Götsch explains and demonstrates the formation of a nest to grow prickly pear (Opuntia ficus-indica). The explanations are valid for any

Ernst Götsch went to La Loma Viva for the first time in the beginning of 2016. After that, Ryan Botha flew to Brazil to spend

WATER CAN BE PLANTED! Ernst Götsch made this statement in our videos and since then this catchy phrase has spread out! But was that just

Hello dear members. This week we would like to share with you an excerpt from an interview in which Ernst describes his hypothesis about the

In this video exclusive to members, we show a management of a syntropic garden at Fazenda São Sebastião (Rio de Janeiro, Brasil). https://vimeo.com/281236156

In this video exclusive to members, Ernst shows how to select and plant the cassava correctly, and also discuss its role in the system. Cassava

Here you will find a beautiful downloadable pdf highlighting some of the concepts related to natural succession, according to the interpretation of Ernst Götsch. We

Check out how a cornfield looks like when planted in a clearing of an abundance system. Bahia, Olhos D’água, May 2018. Videos below in Portuguese

Walking in the middle of his cacao plantations in Bahia, Ernst gives us a practical lesson about natural succession and explains how we can “read”

Ernst cacao is sold as a premium product. So far, nothing special about the statement. But if we learn a little bit more about the

An ecological concept according to the interpretation of Ernst Götsch Natural succession is a concept generally associated with ecology and still receives little attention from