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.
Donate today and help a farmer plant 50 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.
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!
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 50 trees 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!