Grow Trees. Grow Futures. Restore landscapes with farmers

MyFarmTrees — a digital platform executed by the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT a CGIAR center — is launching a crowdfunding campaign to scale farmer-led, blockchain-verified forest landscape restoration in Kenya. The campaign, Grow Trees. Grow Futures., runs from 18 March to 30 June 2026 with a goal of $25,000 to plant 10,000 native trees empowering benefitting farmers from local communities to drive, monitor and verify their implementation.

A proven model for forest landscape restoration 

MyFarmTrees sits at the intersection of CGIAR's Climate Action, Multifunctional Landscapes, and Digital Transformation research areas. The platform incentivizes smallholder farmers to plant native trees through verified digital payments, combining science-based species selection, mobile documentation, and blockchain verification to create a transparent, end-to-end record of every tree from seed collection to canopy growth. The platform is funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF), implemented by IUCN, and executed by the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, with additional support from the Darwin Initiative. 

To date, MyFarmTrees has supported over 350,000 native trees planted by more than 6,000 farmers across 5,000 hectares of degraded land in Kenya and Cameroon, delivering over $250,000 in benefits and direct digital payments to farming households. The Grow Trees. Grow Futures. campaign brings public fundraising to a model that has already demonstrated impact at scale. 

See https://www.cgiar.org/news-events/news/grow-trees-grow-futures-restore-landscapes-farmers