Trees to fertilize the soil

The increasing demand for cocoa is one of the main drivers of deforestation in many West African countries. Big cocoa monocultures lead to erosion, loss of biodiversity, and water pollution. Ancestral agroforestry techniques avoid these problems. They revitalize the soil by using fertilizer trees and allow farmers to abandon slash-and-burn agriculture, pesticides, and chemical fertilizers. When crops and trees coexist, nature and people thrive.