Restoration of Degraded Croplands & Enhancing Livelihoods Through Agroforestry

Agriculture & Farming in India nowadays is facing challenges like incessant use of chemical inputs, mono-cropping, prolonged dry spells & erratic rainfall, and drying up of borewells. coupled with extreme droughts are leading to crop failures. reduced farm incomes & loss of biodiversity. With increased farm inputs and uncertainties in the market, farmers are under a perpetual debt cycle, leading to migration to urban centers. The use of chemicals in agriculture reduces soil productivity & essentially puts plant health at risk. The chemical agriculture practices also contaminate groundwater and other water-dependent ecosystems. Prevailing agricultural practices such as mono-cropping decreases soil moisture content, causing tremendous stress on water resources. Hence it becomes pertinent to solve these problems for the restoration of landscapes and livelihoods.

SayTrees want to develop a comprehensive solution that will enable a farmer to make a transition to regenerative agriculture easily while maintaining profitability. The aim is to support farmers end to end, right from sourcing high-quality Agri inputs, ensuring sustainable production to selling the product so that the farmer continues to practice regenerative agriculture without shifting back to chemical farming. The aim is to demonstrate scale solutions via various agroforestry models to combat climate change, prevent land degradation, plant saplings to ensure carbon sequestration.

• Combat Climate Change
• Restore Degraded Agricultural Landscapes.
• Carbon Sequestration.
• Ensuring Better Crop Intensity.
• Improving Soil Quality.
• Ensuring Diversity of trees on farms.
• Improving Soil Biodiversity.
• Additional Incomes through Multilayer Agroforestry.