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The Value of Land Throughout the world, our limited amount of farmland plays a vital role in sustaining countless livelihoods as well as local, regional, and global economies. The agriculture industry doesn’t only provide income and economic support, it is responsible for feeding the world. Unfortunately, as poverty persists and hunger grows, the proposed solution … Continued
Project Update, March 19, 2020: A growing number of farmers in rural Senegal are gaining access to water through TREES’ Loxo Loxo Project. So far, TREES has helped 1,714 farming families install water access points on their farms. With a ready water supply, farmers and staff report more frequent planting opportunities throughout the year. “Water … Continued
World Soil Day is December 5th More than 1.5 billion people in the world depend on degraded land, and about three-quarters (74%) of them live in poverty¹. For 250 million of these people, their plight has a name — desertification². Desertification³, or land degradation occurring in arid, semi-arid, and dry sub-humid areas, results from both … Continued
“Danga dof,” is a phrase in the Wolof language that Mariama Ndao heard countless times during her first two years in the Trees for the Future training program. She pulled water from an 80-foot well and carried ten-gallon tubs on her head to water her newly planted jujube trees. In her mid-50s, Mariama carried over … Continued