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Plant With Purpose and its partner organizations Floresta Haiti and Floresta Incorporada (Dominican Republic) conducted a multidimensional multi-year study of smallholder farmers in Haiti and the Dominican Republic. The study was conducted using a mixed methods approach incorporating four distinct data sources reflecting both quantitative and qualitative analysis. The Coronavirus pandemic represents and shock to agroecological systems and an opportunity to better understand resilience. Results provide strong evidence that smallholder farmers who participate in autonomous savings groups and who practice regenerative agriculture practices such as agroforestry, are better able to adapt to system shocks than a group of comparison farmers. More information

In Burundi, Plant with Purpose introduced the Seeds of Change curriculum (a regenerative agricultural training program), savings-and-loan groups, and spiritual renewal partnerships and training. The goal of this intervention is to help rural farmers solve some of their most pressing problems by learning new skills to enhance crop production, savings capacity, and relationships. Rural farmers, much like Alfred and Olivier, learned how to compost in pits, how to mulch, and how to grow fruit and vegetable gardens, giving them the ambition to plant even more and create their own tree nurseries. As the land began to improve, so did their lives, and their relationship with each other and their community. More Information 

 

Plant With Purpose and its partner organizations Floresta Haiti and Floresta Incorporada (Dominican Republic) conducted a multidimensional multi-year study of smallholder farmers in Haiti and the Dominican Republic. The study was conducted using a mixed methods approach incorporating four distinct data sources reflecting both quantitative and qualitative analysis. The Coronavirus pandemic represents and shock to agroecological systems and an opportunity to better understand resilience. Results provide strong evidence that smallholder farmers who participate in autonomous savings groups and who practice regenerative agriculture practices such as agroforestry, are better able to adapt to system shocks than a group of comparison farmers. More information

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Air layering in Lavach
A Haitian farmer practices air layering.