Plan Shade Trees for Cocoa Agroforestry
Represent a cocoa or cacao plot with shade trees of different modeled dimensions, then examine how alternative arrangements distribute simulated shade. This makes a spatial design visible; it does not prescribe a universal shade level.
- Two layouts can distribute shade differently when tree density and arrangement change.
- Different modeled heights and crown dimensions can represent structural variation within a scenario.
- The pattern also changes with location, date, hour, and orientation.
- Represent different arrangements: Lay out shade trees as regular groups, rows, or individually positioned elements.
- Model structural differences: Assign different tree and crown dimensions to represent tree sizes or strata supported by the editor.
- Inspect density alternatives: Compare a denser and a more open arrangement under identical temporal settings.
- Compare two cocoa shade-tree arrangements: Create a cacao scenario with a regular arrangement. Duplicate it and reduce or reposition selected shade trees. Where useful, assign different modeled dimensions to represent structural layers, then inspect both scenarios in 2D and 3D.
- Parameters: Tree arrangement and count, Tree height, Crown height and width, Date and hours
- What to inspect: Inspect where modeled shade concentrates, where gaps remain, and how trees of different represented dimensions contribute.
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