What we do

Jane Nekesa, Uganda Photo: Vi-skogen
Jane Nekesa, Uganda Photo: Vi-skogen

One of the biggest threats to development in Africa is climate change. The unreliable rainfalls make it difficult for farmers to plan their crops. Drought and soil erosion ruin the land and crops fail. Those already vulnerable are hit the hardest. Sustainable agriculture contributes to the mitigation of climate change and protects against the negative effects of climate change.

Vi Agroforestry works for sustainably improved livelihoods for smallholder farmer families in Sub-Saharan Africa through increased climate change resilience, food security, higher incomes and greater equality between women and men. Through agroforestry and by strengthening the capacity of democratic farmer organisations our work empower smallholder farmer families to reduce poverty, hunger, and deforestation, and contribute to increased biodiversity.

Our work contributes to primarily 5 of the global Sustainable Development Goals:

Working areas

Sustainable Agriculture and Agroforestry

Sustainable agriculture and agroforestry

Food and nutrition security 

Food and nutrition security 

Gender Equality

Gender equality

Biodiversity 

Biodiversity

Financial services

Economic security

Strong farmers’ organisations

Strong farmers' organisations

Lobby and advocacy

Lobby and advocacy

Carbon offsetting

Carbon offsetting

Photo: Habil Onyango

The Alive Programme

The Alive programme will contribute to a sustainable environment that enables women and men living in poverty to improve their lives.

 

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The ASILI-B program

The ASILI-B program stands for Agroforestry for Sustainable Livelihoods and Biodiversity (ASILI-B). The Programme Objective is to improve smallholder farmer family’s food and nutrition security, sustainable livelihoods, gender equality, and resilience while enhancing biodiversity conservation and climate change mitigation.

 

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Our projects

Vi Agroforestry trains small-scale farmers in Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda and Tanzania in planting trees and managing their agricultural land sustainably.

 

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