Photo: Inga Foundation
A "wonder tree" that restores essential nutrients to the soil creates organic farming livelihoods for poor farmers in Honduras. Inga trees grow quickly, tolerate poor soil, heat and drought, and they pull nitrogen from the air so plants can consume it. As a result, farmers in Honduras, Peru, Belize, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Madagascar, Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Sierra Leone, Cameroon, Laos and Sarawak are growing cash crops as well as food crops in alleys between rows of Inga trees. By the end of 2021, the climate also benefits: 450,000 tons of carbon dioxide will have been sequestered or avoided.
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