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Special Report

By

Dr. Carol Cross. Director, Leucaena Production Societ

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The Unique Thing About Leucaena Effect Agroforestry Development Is That It Is a Win-Win Scenario for Everyone. We Operate From The Premise That All Parties Have Validity And We Are Seeking For The One Point Of Mutual Advantage Where We Can All Work Together.  

In this series of of articles, we'll learn about Leucaena, define sustainable development, examine ways Leucaena can serve as a renewable, environmentally friendly resource, display a variety of ways to use the tree, and give you some directions on sustainable development uses of Leucaena.

The Need For Sustainable Development In Developing Countries

As our population increases  there is more and more needs for food, fuel, fiber, and livestock feed. At the same time. the pressure on environmental systems accelerates.  This escalates the need for easy to use sustainable development systems that are low cost and can fit into present rural agricultural and forestry systems.  MOTILES, S.A. through the Leucaena Production Society, SATReal Analysis, and ECOSAT Design is dedicated to the development of sustainable development systems for developing countries, where population growth is the highest.  It is in the developing countries where deforestation is occurring, the famine cycle model is accelerating, leading to desertification.  This is contributing to global warming, which could result in disaster for our delicate planetary climate equilibration.

Many developing countries need a new DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM for driving rural development. We need a way to develop industries in the small towns to prevent migration to urban areas. Let us take a look at what kind of SYSTEM we should select to drive economic development. The selection has to have these parameters:

The ideal plant species must have the potential to fit all of these required parameters.

Leucaena Effect Agroforestry projects, especially  RURAL AGROINDUSTRIAL CENTERS (RAICS) have most if not all of these parameters. RAICS can be structured so that the developing entity can select or choose the Modules they desire. When you look at them one by one you can select the ones that fit your country resources and interests. You‘ll find out how you can develop rural agro industries based on Leucaena, the Multiplier Tree, as your feedstock in your country. 

Index of Topics In This Special Report

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You Can Profit from Growing Leucaena

Leucaena And The Fuelwood Crisis

Leucaena To Fight The Greenhouse Effect and Climate Change

Leucaena Fixes Nitrogen

The Varieties of Leucaena

The Wild Type of Leucaena

The Salvador Type Is An Excellent Multipurpose Plant

Leucaena and Leucaena Effect Agroforestry

A Closer Look At Leucaena

About Leucaena

Where Leucaena Grows Best

Leucaena Is Important For Many Situations

Leucaena For Livestock Feed

Why is a Leucaena Effect Agroforestry System Important for Farmers in the Tropics?

Why Should You Grow Leucaena?

What Are Some of the Profitable Uses of Leucaena?

How Can You Grow Leucaena?

Caring For Your Plants After Direct Seeding or Transplantation

Leucaena For Livestock

Leucaena for Energy and Fuels

Leucaena Farmers Need Farm Based Research

The Leucaena Production Society

What is the Leucaena Production Handbook?

Who Is The Author of The Leucaena Production Handbook?

How to Sustainably Develop The Smallest Piece of Land With Leucaena - The Multiplier Tree

What Is A Leucaena Agroforestry Kit?

Develop Your Leucaena Project With The Support of the LPS

Ways to Develop Your Own Leucaena Plantation

Leucaena can be the Basis of Industry

To Develop A Successful Leucaena Project, You Need The Leucaena Production Handbook

You Can Profit from Growing Leucaena

Leucaena leucocephala, the tree of life, the prosperity tree, the Multiplier tree, the miracle tree, has been introduced to many countries in the tropics. Leucaena, while presently being grown in many government research projects and even on a few farms arid ranches, has not yet begun to reach its potential as a multipurpose, multiple profit center plant.  That is why we call it the Multiplier Tree.   This potential of Leucaena must be released so that tropical agriculturists can utilize this profitable plant resource.

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Leucaena And The Fuelwood Crisis

The major energy crisis in the world is not the oil crisis.  It is the fuelwood crisis.  The fuelwood crisis is driving deforestation as poor people scramble onto mountainsides, cutting down the forest and leading to widespread environmental degradation.  The wholesale destruction of the trees and the forest can lead to famine, as happened in the Sahel countries.  The wholesale cutting of trees for fuelwood without replanting invokes the famine cycle.  The solution is the growing of Leucaena for fuelwood.  

Fuel briquettes can be manufactured of Leucaena combined with agricultural and forest residues such as sawdust and waste materials. A Leucaena based fuelwood project which includes the manufacture of fuel briquettes requires the development of a fuelwood and briquette planning process.   The development of a Fuel briquette manufacturing plant can be done in small communities and rural areas.

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Leucaena To Fight The Greenhouse Effect and Climate Change

One of the most important concerns on our planet right now is climate change due to the greenhouse effect.  As a result, their is concern and evidence that global warming is occurring.  Leucaena has great potential for carbon sequestration or the removal of carbon dioxide from the environment.  There are already several Leucaena projects for carbon sequestration, being paid for by corporations who need to offset their carbon emissions.

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Leucaena Fixes Nitrogen

Leucaena, like most legumes, can form mutually beneficial partnerships with soil bacteria of the Genus Rhizobium. These bacteria enter into the root and create root nodules in which atmospheric inert nitrogen gas is converted into usable nitrogen containing compounds. Once these nitrogen-containing compounds are created by tile Rhizobium, they can be utilized by Leucaena, as well as by animals eating the Leucaena. In addition, other plants can use these nitrogen-containing compounds 'when the leaves of Leucaena fall and rot on the ground. The process of changing inert unusable nitrogen gas into usable nitrogen-containing compounds is called nitrogen fixation. Leucaena can, in effect, produce its own fertilizer.

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The Varieties of Leucaena

Leucaena is presently being grown commercially in the Philippines, Taiwan, and Australia for firewood arid for cattle feed. There are several varieties of Leucaena. The cultivars most used for dual purposes or multipurposes are called the Salvador types or Hawaiian Giants. These tree-type Leucaenas  - originated in Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala, arid Honduras. and were carried to the Philippines by the Spaniards during the Colonial period. Leucaena seeds are available from the Leucaena Production Society.  

They took the bushy or wild type Leucaena. The plant is found in several basic types:

1) The wild or common type, a shrubby bushy plant, of little use, also called the Acapulco type

2) The Salvador type or Hawaiian type - the tree type or arboreal types best for multipurposes use

3) The forage type -- called Peru

4) A cultivar developed in Australia called Cunningham

5)  Several new kinds of hybrid cultivars under testing

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The Wild Type of Leucaena

The Spanish took the Acapulco type to the Philippines for cattle feed while on the ships. It was useful there for shading valuable tree and field crops such as coffee, cocoa, cinchona, pepper and vanilla. It then spread to Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Malaysia and Southern Asia. During the 19th century, it spread to Hawaii, Fiji, Northern Australia, India and East and West Africa. It now covers the entire tropics as a semi-wild plant.

The wild type Leucaena, while of tremendous use for soil building and controlling soil erosion, is not very good for other purposes. It is a very poor producer of both wood and livestock feed. 

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The Salvador Type Is An Excellent Multipurpose Plant

The Salvador type, on the other hand, is an excellent multipurpose plant, 'which also performs well for reforestation and soil conservation purposes. Leucaena's potential is waiting to be unlocked for tropical agriculturists. The key to unlocking this potential is the development of a management system with these components:

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Leucaena and Leucaena Effect Agroforestry

This five-sided or five component Leucaena management system is called a Leucaena Effect Agroforestry system. This kind of system must be developed and perfected for tropical agriculturists so that it is responsive to the needs of farmers.  Leucaena has the potential to prevent the collapse of other tropical ecosystems.  When we look at what happened to Rwanda, we can see the ultimate result of overpopulation, deforestation and environmental degeneration If we are to prevent the collapse of other societies, we must find a new model of sustainable development based on Leucaena.  We will examine what happens when the carrying capacity of an ecosystem is exceeded in the Famine Cycle Model. 

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A Closer Look At Leucaena

But first of all, we need to take a closer look at Leucaena (specifically the multipurpose Salvador type) and see:

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About Leucaena

Leucaena is a legume, a tree that fixes nitrogen from the air. It is a fast growing nitrogen fixing tree (FGNGT), which can be profitably grown and used by both small and large farmers.

Since the wild type or Acapulco type is not a good variety, the Salvador type will be discussed in the rest of this article. The name given to Leucaena 'then it arrived in Hawaii was Kao Haole Mole. Therefore all the Hawaiian Giant cultivars are called K types. There are many K types such as K-8, K-28, K-67, and K-100. There is also an excellent cultivar called Florida which originated on the campus of the University of Florida in Gainesville. The rest of the paper will talk about growing and using K-9 and Florida, 'which are the best adapted to multiple use.

Leucaena is good for the soil. It makes good yields for green manure, fixes a great deal of nitrogen and drops leaves throughout the year. The roots go deep into the subsoil and bring up water from underground water holes. This water is then released from the Leucaena for cooling the leaves and adds moisture to the air. Leucaena can be used for intercropping in cornfields because it adds nitrogen and increases the yields of the corn while it is growing. Leucaena can be profitably grown on many farms and ranches in order to:

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Where Leucaena Grows Best

Leucaena grows best in the tropics because it cannot stand frost. It grow best with about 1500 - of rainfall, but it can grow with less. It grow around 500 meters above sea level, but can grow at higher altitudes or lower. It can live for months without rainfall once it is established.

It can grow in deep, rich soil as well as in shallow rocky soil. In shallow rocky soil it can grow down through the cracks in the rocks to find water. It can grow along the coast as salty air will not kill it. Leucaena coppices, indeed, it grows better 'then it is cut. You can cut it on a rotation basis. For livestock feed you can cut it every 40 to 80 days. For firewood you can cut every 36 months.

Leucaena prefers alkaline or neutral soil, as it grows very poorly in acidic soil. It likes soil with good drainage; it does not grow well in soils that are water logged. In order to grow Leucaena in acid soil, it is necessary to treat the soil to neutralize it.

The Leucaena Production Society is Experimenting with selecting Cold Tolerant Leucaenas in Arizona and the mountains forests of Intibuca.

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Leucaena Is Important For Many Situations

Leucaena is important for small and large farmers for animal feed and fertilizer. But it is equally as important for reforestation. Many places in the tropics are undergoing desertification because all the trees have been cut down. After the trees are all cut down, the torrential rains come. Since there is no tree cover to hold the water, it rushes down the hillside, creating floods in the lowland areas. By growing Leucaena on your farm, you can prevent desertification and floods.

A Leucaena Effect Agroforestry system will include growing both Leucaena and crops in the same field. Leucaena grows well intermixed with other plants, providing a continual supply of green manure and fertilizer.

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Leucaena For Livestock Feed

Leucaena is especially good for cattle feed. In Australia, cattle feeding on Leucaena provided some of the highest live weight gain ever recorded in the tropics. Cattle and goat relish Leucaena, feeding eagerly on the young stems and leaves. The leaves are similar to alfalfa in digestibility. Protein content of the leaves can be as high as 30%. Under favorable conditions, one hectare of Leucaena can produce as much as 10 to 20 tons of edible dry matter, and even up to 24 tons. It is comparable to alfalfa's production of 8 to 9 tons per hectare.

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Why is a Leucaena Effect Agroforestry System Important for Farmers in the Tropics?

Farming with Leucaena and crops together is called Leucaena Effect Agroforestry. The idea of growing trees and crops in the same field has been used in the tropics for a long time by farmers. Now for the first time, scientists are studying how to make farming with FGNFTs like Leucaena more profitable for tropical agriculturists. Less than 10 years ago the word agroforestry began to be used for tree-crop farming systems.

Agroforestry is ecologically sound. Intercropping with trees not only saves the soils, but it often causes an increase in yields of crops if Leucaena is used. fly growing Leucaena mixed with field crops, both short and long term profitable crops can be grown.

The growing of Leucaena can be very profitable 'then developed as a key component of an agroforestry system. It will enable the farmer to abandon the slash and burn system and bring all of his land into productive activity. Not only does Leucaena prevent soil erosion and fertilize the crop, it can add to the profit of the farm by producing profitable salable products such as leaf meal and fuelwood. Leucaena Effect Agroforestry with Leucaena can be profitable for you.

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Why Should You Grow Leucaena?

Leucaena is an excellent crop for you to grow on your farm because you are creating a multiple profit center 'then you plant it. You can use Leucaena to stop soil erosion and fertilize your crops. You can plant it on the contour to stop the water from running down your hills and making gullies. Leucaena creates an excellent green -manure for the soil as the leaves fall. Leucaena can be planted on land to be fallowed so the soil is enriched doubly during the fallow period. Leucaena can also be used for mulch and putting out around your plants to prevent the loss of moisture from the soil. You can also intercrop it with corn to increase your yields of that crop.

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What Are Some of the Profitable Uses of Leucaena?

Leucaena offers a rapid payback and return on investment. It is capable of being profitable for every tropical farmer, whether he has one hectare or a thousand hectares. Some of the multiple profit center uses of Leucaena include;

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How Can You Grow Leucaena?

There are two ways to grow Leucaena. You can profit by direct seeding or by developing a nursery and transplanting seedlings into your field.  You should get your Leucaena seeds from a source approved by the Leucaena Production Society.  

A. Growing Leucaena by Direct Seeding

In order to grow Leucaena by direct seeding, you need to follow certain procedures very carefully in order to develop a good Leucaena plantation.

First of all you need to prepare your land. The way you prepare your land depends on whether you have flat land, shallow slopes, or steep slopes. It is also important to know 'that kind of soil you have, how much rainfall and which months it falls in. It is also important to know the time of year you intend to plant your Leucaena as well as how much time and money you have.

Some of the ways you may prepare your land include:

The second step involves the preparation of the seeds. In order for your seeds to grow well, they may need to be treated. Some of the things involved include these:

The third step involves selection of a direct seeding method. You have several choices, including:

In addition, you may want to use terra sorb and add fertilizer. It is best to seed your Leucaena by direct seeding at the beginning of the rainy season so the plants can get enough water to become well established before the dry season comes.

Direct seeding is the least expensive method of planting Leucaena. If you have plenty of time and just a little money, you can grow a lot of Leucaena using direct seeding because you only have to plant once.

B. Growing Leucaena by Transplanting

You can also grow Leucaena in a nursery bed and plant the seedlings out in the field 'when they are larger. This method is more expensive than direct seeding as the plants have to be planted twice, once to the nursery bed and secondly into the field. Fewer seeds are used in this method however.

In order to develop a profitable Leucaena plantation by transplanting, we have to go through the same steps involved in the direct seeding including land preparation and seed preparation. There are additional special requirements for planting Leucaena by transplanting.

First of all, you must decide which type of Leucaena nursery you will be having. There are two types of Leucaena nurseries:

a) container nursery

b) seedbed nursery

In the container nursery, seedlings are grown in plastic bags, tin cans, bamboo tubes, clay pots, or any available container. In the container nursery, seedlings are grown in special soils which you can mix from locally available materials.

In the seedbed nursery, you grow many plants in a bed prepared in the ground. It is very important to dig out your plants when they are ready. Do not pull the plants out or you will damage the roots. You may plant the Leucaena seedlings any time of the year 'when you have enough water. If you are planting using only rainfall, you will need to plant them out at the beginning of the rainy season. If you can irrigate your plants, you can plant them any time of the year.

It is very important not to damage the roots 'when you are digging out your Leucaena seedlings. You must keep the seedlings wet when moving them from the nursery to the fields. You may use several methods of planting your seedlings out into the fields including:

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Caring For Your Plants After Direct Seeding or Transplantation

Once you have spent time and money planting Leucaena, it is important to take care of your plants. There are five important aspects to taking care of your Leucaena plantation. These include the following things that can make your Leucaena plantation a successful and profitable one:

One other thing you may want to do is to develop your own Leucaena seed orchard. You can then select only seeds from the best of your trees to plant 'when you want to grow more Leucaena.

Leucaena For Livestock

Leucaena is probably the best feed you can find for both meat and milk animals in the tropics. As a tropical cattle farmer, for example, you probably have plenty of problems. You may have problems with external parasites, internal parasites, diseases, animals cycling, reproductive failures, farm workers, and getting foreign exchange to buy needed supplies and equipment. But I think you can agree that your major. problem is finding enough feed for your animals during the dry season.

Leucaena has provided some of the highest weight gains ever seen in tropical cattle raising. Feeding trials in Australia revealed gains of over 1 1 per hectare per day when full fed Leucaena on grass pasture.

Leucaena has a highly recommended and superior livestock feed because it has:

a) high protein content - Leucaena leaves have protein content up to 30%

b) high palatability - most of Leucaena based feeds consist of young stems and leaves - cattle as well as other livestock prefer young leaves to old and stems

c) high digestibility - Leucaena leaves are very digestible since it is usually cut every 40 to 80 days - so it is always young and tender feed

d) high nutritive value - the protein in Leucaena based leaf feeds is of high nutritive value because the amino acids are well lanced, as in alfalfa - it is an excellent source of carotene and vitamins

e) excellent mineral source - a good source of calcium, phosphorus and other dietary requirements

f) in vivo digestibility - of 70% for Leucaena leaves

It is very important to feed and manage Leucaena well when using it for livestock feed. Leucaena has an amino acid, mimosine, which is harmful if fed improperly. It is important to make Leucaena only compose about 40% of the diet of your animals. The rest should be grass. Buffel grass is probably the best grass for hot dry areas.

Leucaena can make high yields of nutritive livestock feed economically if managed correctly. It can also be stored for use in the dry season. Feeds based on Leucaena are equally good for meat production feeds and milk production. find out more about Leucaena for Livestock (goats, cattle, water buffalo).

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Leucaena for Energy and Fuels

Leucaena can be the basis of a profitable energy farming project by tropical landowners. Whether you want to produce firewood for cooking in your own home or for producing charcoal for sale or want to generate electricity for your own power plant, Leucaena is the ideal basis for a profitable energy farm.

If you have any amount of land, you can develop a profitable Leucaena project. You can develop your own plantation of fast growing Leucaena and develop a rotation cutting program for harvesting. 4

Fuelwood is the real energy crisis. Demand for quality firewood is growing every day in your country. With more and more people, you will need more and more firewood. You may have seen people traveling long distances carrying firewood on their back, on animals and in vehicles.

Leucaena is high in BTUs, producing good firewood that is not smoky. You may use land that is hilly and not so fertile. You can still produce excellent fuelwood in large quantities.

You can also produce alcohol for your vehicles from Leucaena. The producer gas obtained from burning Leucaena can be used to power vehicles, to make ice, and to refrigerate and freeze foods. It can also be used to power irrigation pumps and generate electricity. There are many large electricity generating projects in the Philippines. Leucaena is perfect for energy farming.

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Leucaena Farmers Need Farm Based Research

There is a great deal of scientific research available on Leucaena. There are many scientists in many tropical and temperate countries studying about Leucaena. The problem is this research is often very technical and is not available to farmers in a practical manner so they can use it. In addition, much of this research is not practical for either small or large farmers in the tropics. what is needed is usable information on Leucaena, materials written for farmers by persons 'who are actually producing Leucaena on a production basis.

In addition, farmers need to communicate with each other. They need to share ideas and find out 'what works and what doesn't work. Farmers need to know 'what other farmers have tried and 'what they have found useful and what they have found useless. In addition, they need to be able to obtain information about new varieties, new types of equipment, from all over the world 'where Leucaena is being grown.

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The Leucaena Production Society

The Leucaena Production Society is a service of MOTILES, S.A., Inc, a consulting firm based in tile USA in Arizona and in Honduras that is a pioneer in legume farming and specializes in Leucaena farming. In order to enable tropical farmers and ranches throughout the tropics to share Leucaena know-how. The Leucaena Production Society  was formed by MOTILES, S.A.. According to Dr. Carol Cross, President of MOTILES, S.A. and Director of the LPS, the major functions of the LPS are:

a) to establish communication between all growers of Leucaena and other fast growing nitrogen fixing trees  within their own countries and between countries

b) to facilitate marketing channels for Leucaena products both in country and worldwide

c) to make legume farming more profitable as well as to increase the production of legume based natural fertilizers for tropical agriculture, and to develop famine systems based on such natural fertilizers

d) to develop a computerized comprehensive Leucaena arid legume farming data base containing both production and research information on Leucaena production that can be made available to members of the network

e) to develop easy and rapid information transfer relating to Leucaena and legume farming through the development of tile Information Transfer Volunteer Program

The LPS will work to facilitate the transfer of information to tropical agriculturists about Leucaena, to the millions of tropical farmers who want to develop profitable Leucaena Effect Agroforestry systems based on Leucaena. A variety of consulting services will be offered, both on a joint venture basis and on a consultancy basis. In addition, the LPS publish a newsletter for its members, tile Leucaena Growers Notebook, which will offer methods of growing, storing and using Leucaena and other tropical legumes.

Membership in the LPS is available to all tropical farmers who grow Leucaena and other legumes. The LPS will provide a variety of services to Leucaena farmers, including access to the computerized data base. It is very important to establish communication between farmers who are actually producing Leucaena to share ideas and problems.

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What is the Leucaena Production Handbook?

In order for a farmer or rancher in the tropics to develop a profitable Leucaena program, he/she will need a guidebook. He/she needs a course of study that will lead him step by step to success. He needs a course that is designed and written for him as a farmer and rancher, a course that explains how to go every step of the way in developing a profitable Leucaena project from seed selection to harvesting, storage and use of Leucaena.

Such a course of study is now available from the Leucaena Production Society. It is called the Leucaena Production Handbook and is a unique, five volume completely illustrated handbook that makes any tropical agriculturist’s dreams of a successful and profitable Leucaena project a reality.

Get in on the ground floor on the most exciting development in tropical agroforestry for the next two decades  - grow Leucaena - - the Multiplier Tree.

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How to Sustainably Develop The Smallest Piece of Land With Leucaena - The Multiplier Tree

Like most fanners in the tropics, you  have probably heard about LEUCAENA the Multiplier Use tree or prosperity. You've probably even thought about developing your own LEUCAENA project. You^'ve heard about how the leaves of LEUCAENA contain 24% protein and can produce 24 tons per year of edible cattle feed per hectare (compared to % and tons for

You have probably heard about dry season gains of one kg per day per animal in Australia. Chances are you have heard that LEUCAENA has many uses such as cattle feed, firewood, fencing, charcoal, fiber, lumber, furniture, firebreaks, fertilizer and soil conservation. You have thought about some day planting your own plantation of LEUCAENA and cashing in on the income generating potential of LEUCAENA. Now that someday can be TODAY.

The LEUCAENA PRODUCTION HANDBOOK is a unique, five-volume complete handbook that will make your dream of a successful LEUCAENA project a profitable reality. it is written by Dr. Carol Cross, Director of the LEUCAENA Production Society, who is presently involved in several LEUCAENA production projects in the USA and in Honduras. Her knowledge of LEUCAENA encompasses both the scientific aspects as well as the down to earth fanner production methods of Leucaena growing and utilization.

Even if you have never seen LEUCAENA growing, the LEUCAENA PRODUCTION HANDBOOK shows you step by step, in simple, easy to read language, with many, many clear illustrations of how to grow, harvest and use Leucaena for cattle feed as well as for other purposes. it will show you the easy way to turn your unproductive, unused lands into a multiple profit center. You will learn to not only produce and use it for your-self, but how to market it. The LEUCAENA PRODUCTION HANDBOOK will guide you to the development of export markets for your products.

If you have never attempted to grow Leucaena and have been hesitant to start a project, then the LEUCAENA PRODUCTION HANDBOOK will guide you step by step.

YOUR STEP BY STEP GUIDELINE TO A MULTIPLE PROFIT CENTER 

It will show you with clear illustrations, from how to treat and plant the seeds all the way to how many plants to cut each day on rotation.

If you have tried to develop a Leucaena project and have not had much success, the LEUCAENA PRODUCTION HANDBOOK will provide easy to follow, specific directions which will teach you how to convert that unprofitable project into a highly successful, profitable project.

HERE ARE SOME OF THE SUBJECTS COVERED IN THE LEUCAENA PRODUCTION HANDBOOK:

Who Is The Author of The Leucaena Production Handbook?

Dr. Carol Cross, a plant ecologist with a PhD from the University of Oregon, is involved in agroforestry and horticultural projects in Honduras and the USA. Several joint venture projects and consulting projects in Honduras are presently on line. She has had experience as a mined-land reclamation specialist and as a university professor. She presently is president of  the MOTILES, S.A. a Honduras development consulting firm. MOTILES is pioneering sustainable development through kenaf  Leucaena Effect Agroforestry.  Her Leucaena consulting firm is based in Honduras. She is also the Director of the Leucaena Production Society .

The Leucaena Production Handbook CD presently has 26 PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED CHAPTERS, available through download.

IIt is written for tropical farmers who want to Leucaena guide written for them.  It is the farmer's guide which leads them step by step to a successful Leucaena project. Leucaena can make you very wealthy as well as a leader in developing an environmental economy in your country. It is written for tropical farmers who want a Leucaena guide written for them, not for researchers at some experiment station or laboratory.`

It is the farmer's Leucaena production guide, which leads them step by step to a profitable and successful LEUCAENA project. The book is written in easy-to-follow language, does not require college or high school reading level and is easily understood. It is practical and guides you to a profitable Leucaena project on your land.

Fill in the coupon below. Take the first step toward becoming a successful LEUCAENA grower. LEUCAENA can make you very wealthy. Let the LEUCAENA PRODUCTION HANDBOOK be your guide to your wealthy future.

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VOLUME  ONE - ABOUT LEUCAENA

 1.. Welcome To The Leucaena Production Handbook
2.. What is Leucaena?
3.. The Threat of Global Warming
4.. About Leucaena
5.. Carbon Sequestration
6.. Why Grow Leucaena?
7.. The Fabulous Future of Leucaena

 VOLUME TWO – REFORESTATION AND PLANTING

1.  Leucaena and the Soil
2.. Reforestation
3.. Direct Seeding
4..Transplantation

 VOLUME THREE – LEUCAENA FOR LIVESTOCK FEED

 1.. Leucaena for Livestock Feed
2.. Steps For Producing Leucaena Livestock Feeds

 VOLUME FOUR – FENCING, LUMBER, BRIQUETTING, CHARCOAL

 1.. Multiple Uses
2.. Leucaena For Fuelwood
3.. Leucaena for Energy Farming
4.. Leucaena for Generating Electricity
5.. Leucaena For Charcoal
6.. Fuel Briquetting With Leucaena

 VOLUME FIVE – ABSTRACTS, GLOSSARY, REFERENCES, WEBPAGES

 1.. Leucaena Research Abstracts
2.. Glossary
3.. Briquette Working Plan Proposal
4.  Leucaena Management
5.  Tropical Farmers Can Profit From Growing Leucaena
6. Leucaena For Carbon Sequestration (Under construction)
7. Leucaena Resources From The Leucaena Production Society

How Much Does The Leucaena Production Handbook Cost?

The Leucaena Production Handbook With The Above 26 Chapters is Only $150. Distilled From Over 25 Years Working With Leucaena By A Leucaena Pioneer.

The Leucaena Production Handbook presently is profusely illustrated with the unique drawing of Daryll Chandler a young artist with unique skills.  It is professional edited and printed.  It is written for tropical farmers who want to Leucaena guide written for them.  It is the farmer's guide which leads them step by step to a successful Leucaena project. Leucaena can make you very wealthy as well as a leader in developing an environmental economy in your country.

  Available Only By Download.  The Total Cost For Above is US$150.  There is no postage, no printing, no shipping and handling. Within One Day Of Receipt Of Your Payment either through PayPal or by Western Union, you will receive a password for accessing your own copy.

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What Is A Leucaena Agroforestry Kit?

A Leucaena Agroforestry Kit is a complete Do-it-Yourself LEUCAENA Project. With this Kit, a farmer in the tropics can begin and develop his/her own LEUCAENA project. Ideal for farmers, cooperatives, women's groups and others who want to begin small and develop their own seed orchards for larger plantings.

The LEUCAENA Agroforestry Kit contains:

Can I develop My Leucaena Project With The Kit?

The LEUCAENA Production Handbook is written at the Basic Reading Level and can be understood and followed by anyone who can read Basic English. It contains complete, illustrated, step by step directions for your LEUCAENA project. The Kit is complete with everything YOU need to begin a successful LEUCAENA project.

How Much Will A Leucaena Agroforestry Kit Cost Me?

The LEUCAENA Agroforestry Kit, with all components, including 1 kilo seeds, only costs US $450 plus postage (sea mail or airmail) See order blank for postage costs.

What If After I Purchase My Kit I Find I Need More Assistance and Guidance?

Write to the LEUCAENA Production Society  for YOUR application for consulting services. Or go to the Leucaena Consulting Page in this website.  You may obtain services of the LEUCAENA Production Society  on either a joint venture or consultancy basis.

The Leucaena Production Handbook is written for tropical farmers who want a Leucaena guidebook written for them, not for researchers at an experiment station or university. It can be obtained from the LPS headquarters at

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Develop Your Leucaena Project With The Support of the LPS

There are several ways you can work side by side with the Leucaena Production Society to create your own profitable Leucaena project.  You can:

Ways to Develop Your Own Leucaena Plantation

The LPS provides a full service complex of Leucaena services. In order for a tropical agriculturist to take advantage of these services, he/she will need to become a member of the LPS/or a participating farmer in the LPS. As a member of the LPS a participating farmer in LPS, he will be entitled to access to the complete technical assistance package. There are several ways to become a participating farmer in tile LPS Leucaena Effect Agroforestry Leucaena Farming Program including:

a) joint venture -- the participating farmer pays no consulting fee for 50 hours of on-site consulting - Dr. Cross receives 50% of tile seeds from the trees and 20% of the trees for the life of the planting

b) modified joint venture - the participating farmer pays 1/2 the usual consultants fee and Dr. Cross receives 25K of the seeds and 10% of the trees for tile life of the planting

c) consultancy basis - the participating farmer pays full consultancy fee for 50 hours of on-site consulting. Dr. Cross receives no seeds and no trees.

d) do-it-yourself Leucaena project - the participating farmer purchases a Leucaena Agroforestry Kit 'which contains the five volumes of tile LPS, one kilogram of Leucaena seeds, inoculum, and the Leucaena basic manual

The LPS especially interested in working with church groups and campesino groups to develop viable and profitable Leucaena projects.

Leucaena can be the Basis of Industry

Ultimately Leucaena can be the basis for large-scale agro-industry. It is already the basis in Hawaii where large-scale leaf meal production is mechanized. In the Philippines, Leucaena is the basis for large-scale electricity generation, large-scale leaf meal industries, and large-scale firewood industries. In addition, it is used to make furniture and parquet flooring. In Taiwan it is tile basis for large-scale pulp production for paper. Additionally it is used in Taiwan for the production of waferboard and heatboard.

Leucaena could be the basic raw material for an entire town that could develop industries in a Rural Agroindustrial Center with the following types of small, medium, or large-scale production plants:

Each of the above projects can be lucrative. Any one of them could be a project of a cooperative which could purchase the machinery and use it for the members.

a) Leucaena has tremendous profit potential for tropical farmers because it is fast growing - 2 1/2 year old trees can reach 20 meters in height and 15 cm in DBH

b) Leucaena produces a straight trunk if pruned

c) Leucaena is acceptable to many climates - subtropical and tropical

d) Rhizobium in root nodules fixes nitrogen for animal feed and fertilizer

e) Leucaena resists drought, slight frost, windstorms, fire, inundation, salinity, can live in widely different regimes of and soil types

f) Leucaena shows high resistance to pests and diseases periodic rainfall, slope

g) Leucaena readily coppices and allows repeated harvests of firewood, timber and forage

Leucaena grows best:

To Develop A Successful Leucaena Project, You Need The Leucaena Production Handbook

As the Leucaena industry develops, many many market niches will open up. Leucaena combines environmentalism with a the vast need for the most important comment of civilized society - the need for more and more paper. And this need is being fueled not only by demands in the US marketplace. All over the world,  the demand for paper is increasing as standard of living goes up and people become more educated and require more paper. you cannot develop a civilization without sufficient paper. And Leucaena is emerging as the world source for creating paper pulp.

Okay, Leucaena is going to be big. Leucaena is going to affect all of our lives. It’s an environmentally friendly product that can flow into many industrial processes and production lines. I'm excited about Leucaena's potential.

How can I cash in right now? Here are some steps you can begin taking right now to cash in on Leucaena’s potential:

1. Learn more about Leucaena from the Leucaena Production Society. Join the Leucaena Production Society and become educated on what can be made from Leucaena and how it can be grown profitably. Send $25 to become a regular member of the Leucaena Production Society,

 You get a free newsletter, news releases on Leucaena and its development and access to the Leucaena Production Society Information Center. You will be invited to participate in the Special All Day Leucaena Symposium at the Training the Global Workforce Conference in San Pedro Sula, Honduras and will receive free membership in the LPS Special Advisory Panel.

2. If you have even a small garden plot, grow some Leucaena. Get a Leucaena Sampler Kit of seeds from the Leucaena Production Society for only $25.00 postpaid.

3. Try making some products from Leucaena. We offer some Leucaena product sheet. These are some Leucaena products as you can make at home with the tools you probably already have. For example you can make seed necklaces and other handicrafts.

Find out from the Leucaena Production Society.

4. If you have some land, try growing a Leucaena plot so you get a feeling for what it can do.

5. Talk to your local university about setting up a Leucaena research project

6. Write to your local government about Leucaena and nonwood paper - you can get a free sample letter from the Leucaena Production Society

7. Get a sample set of Leucaena products from the Leucaena Production Society and take it to your local schools so you can talk about the need for sustainable development.

8. Think about setting up a small scale Leucaena based industry. The Leucaena Production Society has small scale equipment you can use to create variety of Leucaena based industries.

9.If you own a few acres, grow Leucaena and create a cottage industry. The Leucaena Production Society provides fact sheets on this.

10. Get the Leucaena Production Handbook from the Leucaena Production Society. It's only $25 per volume (7 Volumes Avaiable) but it contains a wealth of information about Leucaena and how you can profit from it.

11. Think about setting up a Leucaena joint venture in a tropical country.

12. Get together with local farmer and setup a Leucaena consortium  joint venture - you finance he grows.

13. Hold a local Leucaena Farmer Forum in your area to raise people knowledge about Leucaena and nonwood paper - send for free Farmer Forum kit from the Leucaena Production Society.

14. Become a part of a Leucaena seed growing project in a tropical country. For information on how such a project is operated, email to honducopa@yahoo.com for the free booklet "Leucaena Plantations of Honduras".

15. Get together an investment group to invest in a Leucaena project in your area.

The Leucaena Production Society will be happy to help you with such a project by providing consultancy and support services.

16. Obtain Leucaena seeds from the Leucaena Production Society and grow Leucaena in your local area for the marketplace.

17. Attend the  SAT Seminars in Honduras and find out how you can profit from Leucaena.

18. Consider becoming a retailer of Leucaena products.

19. Set up a Leucaena mail order business.

20. Become a marketing agent for Leucaena products from the Leucaena Production Society.

22. Become a distributor of small scale Leucaena equipment

23. If you are in a tropical country, apply to become a Certified Leucaena seed grower in the Licensee/Producer program. Write for free details to Leucaena Production Society, 

24.  Learn about the Famine Cycle Model of deforestation and regeneration.

25. Obtain a Leucaena Starter Kit from Dr. Carol Cross

To get more information on how you can profit from Leucaena, send US$35 for a membership in the Leucaena Production Society to Leucaena Production Society, MOTILES, S.A., Inc., 

If you want to profit from Leucaena on your farm, join the Leucaena Online Forum.  Additionally, LPS offers other Agroforestry publications of interest.

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