Cocoa Farmer Agroforestry

Cameroon

Completed

This Trees for the Future (TREES) agroforestry project in Western Cameroon addresses erosion, food insecurity and the unsustainable farming practices of smallholder cocoa farmers. Through the intercropping of multipurpose trees and fruit trees, this project is helping 500 cocoa farmers to grow higher quality cocoa while improving their land, and livelihoods. We will plant 1 milllion trees (2.000 trees x farmer)

500,659Trees funded of 500,000

131,185 TCO2 compensated

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3 updates

August 2023

The challenge of reforestation in Cameroon, a country faced with instability

Written by: Hugo Bitouzé, Head of Reforestation Projects. We are thrilled with the progress we've made in Cameroon, working alongside our local pro...

#Agroforestry #Conservation #LandRestoration

July 2022

Then and Now: A Graduated Farmer Seven Years After Starting his Forest Garden

When Thomas Wesonga joined the agroforestry training program seven years ago, he had no idea he would be using the knowledge for the rest of his li...

#Education #LandRestoration

January 2022

Could a Group of Farmers in Cameroon Signal a Change in the Cocoa Industry?

by Lindsay Cobb Africa produces more than 70% of the world’s cocoa, but the farmers at the core of the $100 billion+ industry are barely making eno...

#SocialEconomy #EnvironmentalAwareness #LandRestoration