Growing nutritious food
Read about our food security and nutrition approach.Trees provide nutritious fruit, nuts, and leaves, giving people stable supplies of food, even when other crops fail. They provide an alternative, reliable source of food, supporting communities to adapt to the effects of the climate crisis. That's why we support people to grow trees as a source of nutritious food.
This is our food security and nutrition approach.
Why is this needed?
When you rely on farmland for your food and income, climate change makes life tough and unpredictable. Too much or too little rain, rising temperatures and poor-quality soil mean that communities struggle to grow enough food.
In many cases, families are forced to eat only once a day and fill up on starchy food like rice, which lacks vital nutrients. As a result, malnutrition and vitamin deficiencies are common where we work, especially in children.
How do we help?
We work with communities to grow and protect trees because they keep land fertile and help crops to thrive.
If crops fail because of flooding or drought, trees survive, providing nutritious fruit, nuts and leaves, to eat or sell. This gives people stable supplies of food in the face of the climate crisis.
The magic of baobab
We grow trees that have products that are rich in important nutrients.
Take the baobab tree. The baobab fruit is a superfood, packed with vitamins. Or take the moringa tree. After just three months of growth, their nutritious and edible leaves are ready to eat.
Leaves For Livelihoods
The food security and nutrition approach is at the heart of our latest appeal, 'Leaves For Livelihoods'. With your support, we can expand our nutrition garden work with communities across the Sahel, grow nutritious food and incomes for communities on the frontlines of the climate crisis.
