Enabling drylands farmers to get access to water is one of the first steps on their journey towards self-sufficiency.

But it’s also vital for farmers to adapt their ways of planting in the face of the increasingly hostile climate, to protect themselves against crop failure.

 It costs just £15 to provide a farmer with up to seven types of drought-tolerant seeds. 

Sowing drought-tolerant seeds could mean the difference between a harvest that could feed their entire family and crop failure, not being able to pay their children’s school fees, the whole family going to bed on an empty stomach.

The average annual cost to support a community to adopt climate-smart agriculture is £8,500. 

This includes training in agriculture and soil and water conservation techniques such as terracing, tree planting, zero grazing, mixed cropping, using natural pesticides, and the manure and seeds to plant in a community plot.

Please help more people living in drylands to feed their families by donating today.