By listening closely to farmers and prioritizing their resilience, we have expanded our fruit tree offerings. Over the past four years, we have increased our portfolio from 2 species to 10 varieties. In 2025 alone, we distributed over 3.6 million seedlings of avocado, papaya, coffee, macadamia, guava, lemon, banana, cloves, parkia, and Japanese plum across the countries we serve.
With the right support, women farmers are improving their livelihoods. For Rehema Mgova, integrating trees into her farm has improved soil health, unlocked new income streams, and built resilience against climate shocks.
When James Katungwe walks through his compound in central Malawi, he’s surrounded by quiet giants, rows of tall trees with branches swaying gently in the breeze. These trees are his children’s school fees, part of his son’s new house, a buffer against unpredictable weather patterns, and part of the legacy he will leave for his family.
Tree distribution days are as much the culmination of our tree nursery managers' hard work as they are the start of something new for the farmers they're being delivered to. Come behind the scenes with us for an exclusive look at this important day!
For many farmers in sub-Saharan Africa, planting trees through our farmer-led tree planting initiative has had many, varied and obvious benefits.
On most days, you will find Esther Wangari tending to her farm, located deep in the heart of Kirinyaga County, in Kenya’s central highlands. Bordering her maize and beans fields, Esther’s latest passion – tree planting – thrives. For this Kenyan smallholder farmer, her new venture is more than just about planting trees; it is also about her livelihood and securing her family’s future.
Discover how agroforestry - the practice of planting trees among crops - offers smallholder farmers like Baraka, Dunstan and Claudine a variety of benefits.
For Friday Ndashe, who manages a tree nursery close to Kabwe in Zambia, running a tree nursery is a “joyful endeavor” with many benefits - for him and his local community.
Trina Mwiinga grows trees on her farm in Zambia with One Acre Fund. In addition to the benefits trees provide - boosting her crop harves and providing shade for her animals from extreme heat - she is paid to look after them by One Acre Fund.
A look at how we equip farmers for greater climate resilience.
A look at how we have been using existing channels to scale revenue opportunities for farmers.
