Stories of Change
Empowering Women in Agriculture: Driving Sustainable Development Across West Africa
Across Jooli, Diattabah, and Batendeng in Gambia, 50 women have gained funding and training through SFL, growing crops across 6.5 hectares and building sustainable market connections. It's part of a broader push across Senegal, Gambia, and Guinea-Bissau to expand women's access to finance in agriculture.
Cultivating Change: Kitchen Gardens and the Path to Global Sustenance
Women managing kitchen gardens are doing more than feeding their families, research shows that if women farmers had equal access to resources, global hunger could drop by up to 17%. Here's how that potential connects back to the women behind these gardens.
Empowering Cashew Farmers for a Sustainable Future
Across Senegal, The Gambia, and Guinea-Bissau, SFL is mentoring small shareholder cashew farmers in Climate Smart Agriculture through model farms and cooperative meetings, helping the industry become more resilient to climate change while boosting farmer income.
Embracing Climate-Smart Agriculture with Irrigation Systems
Drought can leave Afghan farmland barren, but SFL's irrigation systems, canals, reservoirs, and equitable water-sharing methods, are helping farmers stay productive through dry conditions and build a more climate-resilient future.
Shelter For Life’s Remarkable Milestone: Planting a Million Trees and Beyond
SFL has planted over one million fruit and non-fruit trees across Afghanistan, and extended the effort to Senegal, The Gambia, and Guinea-Bissau through cashew orchards, boosting food security, stabilizing soil, and building more resilient communities.
Transforming Lives through Climate Smart Agriculture in Tash Guzar, Afghanistan
A war-torn irrigation canal in Tash Guzar once supplied water to over 15,000 acres of farmland. SFL has restored it with Climate Smart Agriculture practices, turning rain-fed land back into irrigated fields and reviving farmers' livelihoods.
Climate Smart Agriculture
Climate change is one of the biggest challenges facing our planet, but Climate Smart Agriculture offers a path forward. Here's how these practices help farmers reduce their carbon footprint and build resilience.
Banana Co-op Brought Back To Life By New Roads
The Sathioum Banana Cooperative was founded in 1987 after the construction of the RN6, a local highway in the Casamance Region of Senegal […]
Better Prices for Cashew Farmer Thanks To New Road
Mamadou is the head of a household of ten. He has four children, one of whom is in school. He makes his money by growing peanuts, maize, potatoes, and cashews. He brings […]