Slash and burn of tropical rainforests accounts for about 24% of rainforest loss worldwide, and over 90% in Africa. Yet the farmers remain very poor, lacking basics like clean water, toilets or enough food, while the rainforests are slowly destroyed. This also leads to emigration to city slums, where there is not enough work, or to Europe or USA. They need a sustainable way to farm, with better yields and no need to keep burning the forest. Inga alley cropping meets that need.

Inga alley cropping consists of growing nitrogen fixing, phosphorus recycling Inga trees in rows with alleys between. The trees are pruned annually providing firewood and leaves in the alleys to form a fertile mulch into which crops are planted. This provides chemical free, low cost, long term fertile land giving good crop yields without clearing more forest, thus helping to reduce poverty and save rainforests. Our local overseas partners go to the farmers and enable them to do this.