Farmer-led restoration that improves livelihoods in Malawi.
SFS helps smallholder farmers, especially women, restore degraded land through the right trees, the right support, and systems that make restoration work for the people who depend on the land most.
sfs exists to change
Land degradation in Malawi is a livelihoods crisis
When soils are exhausted and trees disappear, families lose more than tree cover. They lose food, fuel, income, and resilience. Women often carry the heaviest burden, farming tired land, finding firewood, feeding households, and absorbing the daily shocks when the land no longer provides.
6 phase approach
Our End-to-End Agroforestry Solution
From site assessment to monitoring, our structured process ensures transparency, accountability, and measurable results.
Site Assessment & Planning
We evaluate each farm’s conditions—soil health, climate, and land use—to guide tree species selection and planting strategy.
Farmer Profiling & Contracting
Land ownership is verified and committed farmers are contracted to ensure accountability and sustainability standards.
Seedling Development
High-quality native tree seedlings are cultivated in our nurseries, suited to local ecosystems.
Training & Community Engagement
Farmers and community members receive training in sustainable agroforestry and land management practices.
Tree Planting & Agreements
Farmers sign carbon and tree-planting agreements. Each tree is geo-tagged for traceability and recorded in our Smart-Tree platform.
Monitoring, Reporting & Evaluation
Restoration projects are tracked using drones, satellite data, and field inspections, with detailed reports on growth, carbon, and biodiversity.
Digital Restoration with Measurable Results
Smart-Tree™ is SFS’s monitoring and traceability platform. It helps us track restoration activity, farmer participation, and survival over time so the work is more visible, accountable, and easier to connect to future payment systems. Technology is not the starting point. Farmers are. Smart-Tree exists to strengthen trust, lower monitoring costs, and help ensure that restoration can be verified and rewarded fairly.
Key Benefits
- Geo-tagging of every restoration site
- Real-time dashboards for partners and farmers
- Carbon sequestration estimates
- Farmer and project dashboards
- Compliance-ready data reports
What works for farmers and the land?
SFS is building a model where restoration improves livelihoods, strengthens resilience, and becomes worth sustaining. We work with farmers, communities, funders, and partners who want to make restoration practical, trusted, and scalable.