The Future of Farming Begins with Young Farmers in Kenya
Future Farmers begins with a one-acre demo farm in Kagio, Kenya, where everything is an opportunity for experimentation and growth.
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West and Central Africa have strong rural economies set within some of the world's largest forest expanses. The Congo Basin spans eight countries, contains the world's second largest contiguous forest, and boasts abundant biodiversity and natural resources. It also provides food, water, and shelter to some 75 million people.
Seventy percent of the world’s cocoa comes from West Africa, where cocoa cultivation is a way of life reaching back for generations. Most of the cocoa throughout the region is grown by smallholder farmers who struggle not only with economic hardship, but also with the effects of climate change—hotter temperatures, unpredictable rainfall, and a shift in growing seasons.
Sustainable agriculture and community forestry are powerful strategies for conserving the abundance of natural resources in West and Central Africa. In addition to our work to conserve the forests of the Congo Basin, we partner with farming communities to build climate-resilient, sustainable agriculture landscapes.
Future Farmers begins with a one-acre demo farm in Kagio, Kenya, where everything is an opportunity for experimentation and growth.
We're helping farmers increase their incomes and conserve a precious ecosystem.
The Rainforest Alliance’s Ag-Tech Developer Challenge received entries from 50 organizations globally. CropIn, India’s leading agri-tech company, won first place, and 20tree.ai, an artificial intelligence (AI) company based in the Netherlands, earned second place. The Rainforest Alliance announced on July 2, 2019 the two winners of the first-ever international Ag-Tech Developer Challenge. 50 organizations took […]
This project restored forests on and between cocoa farms to increase resilience to climate change.... Continue Reading
This website provides information about climate-related risks and potential solutions.... Continue Reading
Furthering our commitment to sustainable cocoa in Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana.... Continue Reading
We're helping farmers increase their incomes and conserve a precious ecosystem.... Continue Reading
Women cocoa farmers throughout the developing world face a host of barriers to achieving their potential. Such challenges include restrictive cultural practices, discriminatory laws, and a lack of access to land, education, as well as credit and markets. But research shows that empowering women in cocoa-growing communities leads to positive impacts on the well-being of […]