Agriculture & Sustainable Development

Farming doesn’t always have to stress the environment. When conducted with innovative technology and techniques, it can benefit both the environment and economy. more

Home of majestic Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania contains vast biodiversity and some of Africa’s richest and most diverse flora. Tanzania’s protected areas equal the percentage of land under protection in North America and Europe. more

Mozambique’s farmers are working hard to achieve an economic turnaround. However, producer organizations in Mozambique are generally few and weak, due to farmers’ negative experience with previous agricultural collectivization. more

To counter the forces of joining the dangerous drug supply chain, alternatives must be provided. Coffee production is a natural choice: Colombia's Andean slopes are uniquely suited to growing high quality coffee. It's not easy for a farmer to begin growing coffee, much less organic coffee. more

By donating to Clean Air–Cool Planet, you can offset 1000 pounds of carbon. The donation will purchase Renewable Energy Certificates from NativeEnergy, a Vermont company that provides incremental funding for wind, landfill gas and farm methane projects that might not otherwise be built. more

Hopefully, there will come a day when financial institutions worldwide will recognize smallholder farmer businesses for what they are: good business. However, that day has not yet arrived. In the meantime, some farmers receive the loans they need from alternative lenders such as Root Capital. more

Recent research at The School for Field Studies Center for Wildlife Management Studies indicates that the Acacia tortillis dominated woodlands in the region are under siege by both humans and elephants, by high livestock densities and more recently by prolonged and quite frequent droughts. more

Your gift will assist farmers to organize themselves into farmer's organization and gather enough quantities of bananas to sell in bulk and consecutively buy their own trucks to transport bananas to bigger markets. more

Ecoagriculture Partners was formed specifically to support such alliances. Strong partnerships between farmers, conservationists, researchers, rural leaders and policymakers are the only way to harmonize agricultural production and wildlife conservation—and thereby provide sustainable solutions for poor communities. more

Your donation will be used to help farmers harvest water that is available to them. A simple irrigation system connecting their farms to major rivers is enough to double their productivity. more

This gift enables us to provide high-yield seed varieties and a range of farming equipment to one farming household to enable it to attain self-sustainability in as short a time as possible. more

Give the gift of life – literally! Giving a loan to purchase and raise animals, such as cows, rabbits, sheep, chickens and roosters is the perfect gift for someone who cares deeply about providing opportunity and empowering a family to lift itself out of poverty. more