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Senegalese farmer Saliou Seck joined Trees for the Future’s Forest Garden Program four years ago. At the time, he was growing just two crops. “I only knew how to grow millet and peanuts,” he recalls. Focusing production on one grain or cash crop is all too common in modern agriculture. But as farmers like Saliou can attest, the … Continued
30-year-old Mor Niang joined Trees for the Future’s Forest Garden program in February 2020. He remembers being unsure about the project at first. “I was not really that enthusiastic because most of the projects in our area are not profitable for the population,” he says. But he signed up after speaking with local TREES staff about the project and says … Continued
In Kaffrine, Senegal, Babou Ndao is known by many as Babou Trees. “They’ve got it right, my ritual every morning for the past five years has been to plant a tree when I wake up,” Babou says. Babou is the Senegal Training Coordinator for Trees for the Future (TREES). He is dedicated to reviving the … Continued
Sokhna Diarra is one of 226 women redefining agriculture in her Kaffrine, Senegal village of Boulel. A farmer her entire adult life, Sokhna says everyone in the region has always grown just two crops: peanuts and millet. “I am 38-years-old and it is in these last three years that I [learned] that the land of … Continued
SILVER SPRING, MD (April 27, 2021) – Agroforestry nonprofit Trees for the Future (TREES) and the Arbor Day Foundation are joining forces to plant 3 million trees in Senegal, Chad, and Mali this year as part of a global effort to establish Africa’s Great Green Wall. “Forests and lush landscapes are disappearing as unsustainable land … Continued
TREES FOR THE FUTURE TO PLANT 50 MILLION TREES IN 2021 14,000+ farmers in nine countries to use agroforestry to reach goal SILVER SPRING, MD (March 3, 2021) – International development nonprofit Trees for the Future (TREES) is launching 45 new projects, reaching more than 14,000 smallholder farmers across sub-Saharan Africa and setting a goal … Continued
Momath Cissé used to manage a typical Fatick, Senegal farm in the village of Keur Ibra Moussa, growing mostly peanuts and corn. With the challenging growing conditions of a semi-arid region like Fatick, Momath struggled to grow enough to provide for his ten children. “There were times when we had only one meal a day,” … Continued
At the end of 2019 Senegalese cashew farmer Mamadou Fall had lost faith in his land and in farming. Like many farmers in Fatick, the third poorest region in Senegal, Mamadou worked hard to provide for his family, but he couldn’t make ends meet year-round. He started making plans to leave his home and find … Continued
Seynabou Diatta has a lot of mouths to feed. She and her husband have nine children. They also have parents, siblings, and extended family relying on them for food – bringing the household total to 40. After he was injured in a car accident last year, Seynabou’s husband could no longer work their farmland, leaving … Continued
In a small village outside of Kaffrine, Senegal, one woman is leading her fellow farmers to a more sustainable and promising future. When Penda Faye and a group of 19 other local farmers joined nonprofit Trees for the Future’s Forest Garden program in July 2019, they were signing up to learn how to farm their … Continued