What they do
Agroforestry Regeneration Communities (ARC) is a nonprofit organization planting food forests in Guatemala and East Africa in partnership with smallholder farming communities. ARC trains local farmers in agroforestry design, provides seedlings and technical support, and monitors ecological outcomes over time. Projects focus on degraded land where food forests provide both food security and ecological restoration.
Why they matter
ARC demonstrates agroforestry at the community scale in regions where it matters most. Smallholder farmers in the tropics manage the land where agroforestry's carbon sequestration potential is highest, and where food security benefits are most urgent. ARC's model combines ecological restoration with livelihood improvement, addressing both climate and poverty.
How to support
ARC has planted food forests with thousands of smallholder families, providing food security while restoring degraded tropical land.
Key project to explore
Tropical agroforestry systems sequester at the high end of the 0.55-1.9 Mg C/ha/yr range, making them among the most effective land-based climate solutions.