Since 2019 we’ve been on a mission to equip the smallholder farmers we work with to plant 1 billion trees across sub-Saharan Africa by 2030. Planting trees alongside crops (otherwise known as agroforestry) – is one of the most powerful and environmentally impactful tools farmers have to increase income, food security, climate resilience and prosperity for their families.
For every farmer who plants a tree, that tree is so much #MoreThanATree. Every seedling planted is an opportunity for a smallholder farmer to plant more income, climate resilience and prosperity for them and their families.
![Esther, a Kenyan smallholder, smiles at the camera as she holds an avocado seedling](/sites/default/files/styles/square_large_desktop/public/2024-04/HET_9493%20%281%29.jpg?h=561fe1eb&itok=dnyOC-Mu)
“If we plant more trees, it helps to improve the soil's health, which in turn improves our harvests and means we can increase our incomes.”
Help farmers plant more trees
Just $10 will support a farmer to plant 50 trees. Your investment in our farmer-led tree planting initiative will help improve the lives of farmers like Esther today.
![Smallholder farmer Esther Wangari plants a tree together with One Acre Fund Kenya staff](/sites/default/files/styles/cta_desktop/public/2024-04/HET_9606%20%281%29.jpg?h=561fe1eb&itok=3hNnEHRx)
250 million trees planted
This year we reached an exciting milestone in our journey to 1 billion trees when Kenyan farmer Esther Wangari planted the 250 millionth tree! Hear from Esther as she explains why a tree is so much #MoreThanATree to her and her fellow farmers.
250 million trees by the numbers
Every tree that a farmer plants pays for itself many times over. When income from other sources is scarce, trees can provide a reliable safety net for rural farm families. How do we know this? We use a highly rigorous methodology to estimate the financial value to farmers of our tree-planting program, counting only surviving, additional trees.
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$11.40
Every $1 invested in this work by donors in 2023 generated $11.40 of asset value for participating farm families!
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42
The number of tree species delivered in 2023. Tree species diversification is a top priority for One Acre Fund. We offer at least three context-appropriate species in every agroecological zone we work in.
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2.1 million
The number of smallholder farmers who planted trees to get us to the 250 million milestone!
![A tree nursery manager squatting between rows of tree seedlings](/sites/default/files/styles/square_large_desktop/public/2024-04/TZN_0819.jpg?h=2e5cdddf&itok=fyqoXkty)
“I have built my family home. I plan to invest more in growing and selling avocados to grow my income. Considering my young age and growing family, I see tree farming as a good investment in securing a better future for my family.”
We’re 250 million trees closer to achieving our 1 billion trees goal, but with your help we can do more! Just $10 will support a farmer to plant 50 trees.
The trees you’re helping to plant are so much #MoreThanATree: they mean income growth, climate resilience, food security and prosperity for individual families and communities across the continent.
Plant a tree now
Just $10 will support a farmer to plant 50 trees. Your investment in our farmer-led tree planting initiative will help improve the lives of farmers like Baraka today.
![A mans hands tends to tree seedlings](/sites/default/files/styles/cta_desktop/public/2024-04/TZN_0208.jpg?h=2e5cdddf&itok=0NB3NgdT)