All this contributes to raising the standard of living of the farming families. In partnership with Canadian organizations, CIDA has promoted agroforestry with small farmers in many countries. CARE Canada has an agroforestry project in Kenya to assist women farmers to plant trees. In addition to increasing food production, environmentally sound agroforestry practices increase the supply of firewood, posts, and poles. Thousands of Kenyan women and school children have been trained in collecting seeds, managing tree nurseries, and tree planting.
Trees can often be the best use of land that is too poor for farming.
In India, for example, CIDA supports the forestry department of Andhra Pradesh in planting trees on degraded land. The local people can now use the land for grazing animals, harvesting honey, collecting herbs and fruits, and gathering fuelwood.