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.
Discover how agroforestry - the practice of planting trees among crops - offers smallholder farmers like Baraka, Dunstan and Claudine a variety of benefits.
We do tree planting differently. Our initiative to plant 1 billion trees is led by smallholder farmers and every seedling planted is an opportunity for them and their families to prosper. In 2024 we reached an exciting milestone when Kenyan farmer Esther planted the 250 millionth tree! Hear from her as she explains why a tree is so much #MoreThanATree.
In just the first season farming with One Acre Fund, Claudine Ayinkamiye, a 30-year-old farmer from Rwanda, managed to produce 900 kilos of potatoes and maize. Thanks to this surplus, she was able to invest in different crops and trees, making her better equipped to withstand erratic weather due to climate change.
Trina Mwiinga grows trees on her farm in Zambia with One Acre Fund. In addition to the benefits trees provide - boosting her crop harvest, by protecting them from climate breakdown and providing shade for her animals from extreme heat - she is paid to look after them by One Acre Fund.
The climate footprint of the average smallholder farmer is minimal, yet they are among the worst impacted by a changing climate.
Investing in trees might not sound like the most exciting investment, but trees can offer financial and social returns for years to come.
What makes trees such a great investment for smallholder farmers?
Though his neighbors question James' decision to plant Grevillea trees, he knows his hard work will pay off.
For the thousands of smallholder farmers we work with, growing trees can offer an incredible return on investment in just a few years.
Two grevillea farmers explain just how great these trees have been for their farm's health and productivity.
