Programs

Our organization empowers marginalized groups in Africa to improve their access to food and necessities through permaculture. Our projects focus on supporting vulnerable communities, long-term sustainability, gender equality, and leadership and entrepreneurship development. We provide training and technical support to communities and work with them on projects with their consent.

Our Programs

“In a Permaculture Economy, there is functionally no waste because the waste from every one is a resource for another. All of every ones output provides value to others input. All that is produced is consumed.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, Principles of a Permaculture Economy

Farmer’s Resource Center for Permaculture

The Farmer’s Resource Center for Permaculture is a comprehensive resource center that provides farmers with access to information, training, and support on permaculture practices and techniques.

Annual Agri Planet Farm Day Training

The Annual Agri Planet Farm Day Training is an annual event that brings together farmers, experts, and other stakeholders to learn about and discuss the latest developments in permaculture and sustainable agriculture.

Perma-Leadership and Perma-preneurship Training Program

The Perma-Leadership and Perma-preneurship Training Program is a comprehensive training program that helps farmers and other community members develop the skills and knowledge they need to become leaders and entrepreneurs in the field of permaculture.

Tailored Training, Consultancy, and Short Courses

Tailored Training, Consultancy, and Short Courses provide customized training and support to farmers and communities to help them implement permaculture practices and improve their agricultural productivity and food security. These courses can be tailored to the specific needs and goals of the participants.

Case Studies

Permaculture: Challenges and Benefits in Improving Rural Livelihoods in South Africa and Zimbabwe

Permaculture presents challenges such as high labor input, pest/disease infestation, and lack of knowledge. However, it also offers benefits such as improved human health, increased resilience to environmental changes and reduced input costs. It contributes over 40% to total income for participants in both Zimbabwe and South Africa when combined with other sustainable agricultural practices. View more

Mushroom Farming Lifting Rural Group Out of Biting Poverty

The Millennium Mushrooms for Life is a group of fifteen villagers from Emusala in Kakamega County who came together fourteen years ago to start a mushroom farming project. They obtained two loans from the Women Enterprise Fund which were used to build eight mud-walled, semi-permanent huts that can produce up to seven tons of mushrooms per growing cycle. The mushrooms are dried and packaged for sale earning around Sh30,000 per harvest from each hut. In May 2020, the group won the Net fund Green Innovations Award for 1 million shillings. View more