Case Studies & Articles

While consumers grapple with rising food costs, some farmers are changing the way they farm to reduce climate-related losses. Instead of focusing only on a single crop, the diversified farms spread production throughout the year, ensuring that if one crop fails, or its season ends, another can provide food or income.

Mount Cameroon is one of the most biodiverse ecosystems in Cameroon, including endangered forest elephants, chimpanzees, and the elusive primates called Drills. Farmer and apiculturist Evambe Thompson helps to nurture the biodiversity of this critical ecosystem by replanting trees, and encouraging nature-friendly livelihoods.

Food forests offer a proven way to rebuild soils, biodiversity, and livelihoods. Research is increasingly showing that integrating trees with food production enhances multiple ecosystem services at once: soil carbon, water regulation, pollinator habitat, microclimate buffering, and often farm-level resilience and incomes.

Recent aid cuts show why shifting away from externally driven aid models towards strengthening grassroots agency is more essential than ever