The effects of climate change are felt in Côte d’Ivoire’s rural and urban areas. Unpredictable weather patterns, including increased rainfall during traditionally dry periods and intense heatwaves, are severely disrupting the livelihoods of smallholder farmers. We are committed to addressing the profound impacts of climate change by providing essential training to farmers. Our comprehensive programs cover a range of topics, including agroforestry, the establishment of community forests and biodiversity enclosures, composting techniques, and the creation of ecological corridors around plantati ..read more

Nurturing Young Minds We are excited to unveil a meaningful endeavor that combines environmental conservation, education, and community engagement. FarmStrong Foundation is proud of a flower and tree planting in schools initiative. This endeavor has been made possible through the generous support of our diverse partners. The initiative aimed to create green areas at school while cultivating a profound connection with nature among the youth. Enhancing local schools in Côte d’Ivoire, we continue on mission to adorn schools with flowers and local trees. These green areas not only transf ..read more

We are delighted to share the latest update on the ongoing efforts being done by the team of FarmStrong Foundation. Our commitment to sustainability and environmental stewardship has been exemplified through the “Green Nawa Initiative,” and we are proud of what we’ve achieved so far. This project was co-financed by @SECO through the Swiss Platform for Sustainable Cocoa “Landscape Call”. FarmStrong Foundation has been dedicated to the Green Nawa Initiative, a project dedicated to making a positive impact in the Nawa Region in Côte d’Ivoire. Employing a strong landscape approach ..read more

Agroforestry is beneficial to cocoa trees, and at the same time provides additional income sources for farmers. FarmStrong Foundation is actively promoting agroforestry on cocoa farms in Côte d’Ivoire. To date, all cocoa farmers in our programs have been trained and have embraced agroforestry. We are also active in reforestation and restoration of sacred and protected forests. In addition, we build community forests, town parks and plant trees on village school yards. To date, we have produced and distributed 966,319 number of trees and we plan to distribute another 400,000 number of trees lat ..read more

Since we started 7 years ago, we have been planting shade trees in cocoa plantations of our farmers in the Nawa region of Côte d’Ivoire. We have been seeing them grow year by year, produced biomass and sequestrating CO2. The speed of growth in these tropical conditions is phenomenal. Here is a Cedrela tree only planted early 2020 by one of our member farmers of the Green Nawa Initiative. Check its evolution at GPS : 5.7198753 / -6.5469943 ..read more

Our efforts to restore, reforest and afforest under The Green Nawa Initiative continues.  Just last month alone our team in Côte d’Ivoire planted more than 1’000 indigenous trees around schools and a health centres in the Nawa Region ..read more

Continuing with the indigenous tropical tree planting initiative, along the Comoé River in the Dalo area, Abengourou region, 2,000 trees were planted. The head of the Abengourou Water and Forestry department, the village chief, and young people from Dalo carried out the plantation of the indigenous tree species: Poé, Fraké, Bois bét ..read more

The FarmStrong Foundation team, under the banner of its Swiss supported Green Nawa Landscape Initiative has started an important awareness raising campaign involving the region’s school children and teachers. In addition to the knowledge transfer of the importance of trees, climate, and environmental issues in general, together we have started to plant indigenous trees in their playground and around the school. Almost 3,000 trees have already been planted at 12 schools in the last few weeks. And we continue. Each child is responsible for the care of a tree. These trees will ..read more

FarmStrong Foundation continues with its indigenous tropical tree planting initiative in cooperation with the local authorities, called StrongWoods on and off-farm ..read more

Having hands and feet on the ground makes a difference in understanding the life of the farmers and the day-to-day challenges. A recent example of it has been on the vegetable greenhouses with the association of women working on the production of tomatoes, chilies, and cucumbers. Women began experimenting with local waste material to add to the substrate for their tomato plants. Cocoa residues, which is rich in potassium, magnesium, boron, and calcium, is usually thrown away after harvesting; associated with coconut fibres it can be reused as a substrate for the plants reducing water and ferti ..read more