All our articles about our collaboration with our local partners
In Nairobi, account manager Margreet and trainee Anne led a vital workshop aimed at expanding Kenya’s agroforestry efforts. With the country’s rich soils and stable climate, the goal was to bring eight local partners together to drive collaboration and set a clear path for growth – creating a scaling plan that aims to support 1.5 to 2 million Kenyan farmers.
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Agroforestry
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Local Partners
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Africa
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Farmer Stories
After extensive planting in Kenya, it was finally time for harvesting. In other words: celebrating the first payout for smallholder farmers, facilitated by our local partners Trees for Kenya and Farm Africa. Our account manager Margreet and trainee Anne witnessed this wonderful moment of celebration in the town of Embu.
Local Partners
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Farmer Stories
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Asia
As our partnership manager for Asia, Marta Radinovic Lukic visited India — meeting with our local partners and smallholder farmers we’re supporting in the region. In this blog, she relays her experiences.
Local Partners
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Africa
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Farmer Stories
In Kagera, an administrative region in north-west Tanzania, our local partner Kaderes is making sure farmers get paid fairly for their Acorn efforts — not just when it comes to how much, but also when it comes to how.
Local Partners
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Remote Sensing
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Africa
Etse Lossou, our GIS (Geographic Information Systems) analyst and native Ghanaian, visited his home country in January to train data collectors. In this blog, he shares his experiences.
Acorn Updates
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Asia
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Local Partners
On September 4th, Acorn signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Asian Forest Cooperation Organization (AFoCO), a forest-focused intergovernmental organization, to help smallholder farmers in Asia transition to agroforestry.
Acorn Updates
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Farmer Stories
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Local Partners
Last month, Acorn’s Margreet Muizebelt happened to be in Mbale to meet with our partner Solidaridad. Perfect timing, as Solidaridad ECA (East and Central Africa) was organizing a celebratory payment ceremony in the Mount Elgon region between Kenya and Uganda.
Farmer Stories
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South America
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Agroforestry
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Local Partners
Asómbrate: a Spanish word that means "be amazed" and "shade [something]", and the name of the new agroforestry platform developed by Solidaridad. What better way to celebrate than with a catchy agroforestry tune?