Forest Garden Program

Forest Garden Program, Senegal

Our project aims to create sustainable forest gardens by partnering with local farmers. In a region needing rejuvenation, we train 500 farmers in sustainable land management, develop tree nurseries, and plant 2,000 trees per farmer, for a total of 1,000,000 trees. This initiative not only restores the land but also ensures food security and generates income for the farmers. The project has been recognized with the World Restoration Flagship Award

968,397 Árvores financiados de 1,000,000
145,049.939 T CO2 Compensado
25,882 Seguidores
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Elementos chave
Atividades do projeto
Agroflorestal
Agroforestry
The project is planting trees on agricultural land for multiple purposes, including the agricultural use of trees, combined with agricultural crops and/or livestock.
Benefícios ambientais
Combate à desertificação
Fights Desertification
The project plants trees in arid zones to combat desertification and to help restore degraded land.
Restauração da terra
Land restoration
The project repairs degraded land back into a healthy and productive land.
Benefícios sociais
Segurança alimentar
Food security
Through a selection of tree species generating edible by-products (fruit, nuts, seeds, edible leafs) the project contributes to improving nutrition of local communities and help the region becoming more resilient to famine.
Diminuição da pobreza
Poverty Relief
The project creates employment opportunities for poor local communities and reduces exposure and vulnerability to extreme weather events.
Educação
Education
The project helps girls and boys access quality education in properly equipped schools.
Igualdade de gênero
Gender equality
The project aims to reduce inequality between women and men, empowering female farmers/workers.
Economia solidária
Social economy
The project places social welfare above profit; the aim is to enhance the community's quality of life, economically, socially, culturally and environmentally.
Conscientização ambiental
Environmental awareness
The project cultivates environmental education for adults and/or children to raise environmental awareness.
Inclusão social
Social inclusion
The project promotes initiatives for marginalized group’s social inclusion through education and training.
Equipe de Plantio

Padrões de Redução de GEE

Tree-Nation Methodology

Descrição do projeto

This project is a partnership between Trees for the Future and the cooperative called Fepromas in Senegal (Forest Garden Program). Local technicians will train 500 farmers on sustainable land management practices, develop tree nurseries and outplant 2,000 trees/farmer with a total of 1,000,000 trees (starting in 2021)

These trees planted by 500 farmers, resulting in hundreds of sustainable forest gardens that will rejuvenate the region, along with creating food security and revenue for the farmers and their families.

Farmers in the project area are being trained to practice:
• Forest garden design to achieve sustainable cocoa, palm, shea, and coffee production
• Nursery development
• Outplanting trees in a living fence
• Alley cropping with nitrogen fixing trees and tree food crops
• Integrated pest management
• Water management techniques
• Grafting fruit trees
• Composting
• Diversification of crops
• Crop rotation
• Permagardening
• Pruning for tree health
• Seed savings
• Use of tree leaves for creating fodder, soil amendments, and mulching

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