01. Resilient Agriculture System 

Farmers apply climate adaptation practices that protect harvests from drought, floods, pests and diseases.

WHAT FARMERS DO

1. Resistant seeds: Plant seed types that survive drought, floods and pests.
2. Agroforestry: Grow trees alongside crops on the same farmland.
3. Relay cropping: Sow a second crop while the first is still growing.
4. Crop diversification: Plant a wider mix of crops rather than depending on one.
5. Plantix app: Get early warning of weather, pest and disease risks.

THE RESULT
Crop yields increase each year, boosting food security.

02. Regenerative Agriculture System 

Farmers apply regenerative agriculture practices that rebuild soil, so farmland absorbs water, stays fertile and increases yields.

WHAT FARMERS DO

1. Minimum tillage: Disturb the soil as little as possible when tilling and planting.
2. Soil cover: Cover bare soil with crop residue, mulch or living plants.
3. Manure application: Spread animal manure on fields.
4. Crop rotation: Change the crop grown on each farmland every season.

THE RESULT
Tired soil comes back to life.

Fields stay productive year after year, so families keep their food and income.

03. Crop Planning System 

Farmers apply crop planning practices that guide what, where and when to plant.

WHAT FARMERS DO

1. Map their land.
2. Choose suitable seeds.
3. Plan planting around weather, pest and disease risks.

THE RESULT
Farmers act in time, lose less and earn more.

04. Plantix Support Tool 

A free AI app that helps farmers spot weather, pest and disease risks early.

WHAT FARMERS DO

1. Learn to use it with trained coaches on their own land.
2. Use it to check their crops for weather, pest and disease risks.

THE RESULT
Farmers act in time to protect their crops and improve their harvest every season.

More families can be reached at low cost.

05. Restor Monitoring Tool

A free mapping platform that shows whether farmland is recovering.

WHAT OUR TEAM DOES

1. Analyse and track tree loss and farmland progress.
2. Identify mammal, bird, plant and amphibian species on farmlands.

THE RESULT
Progress and practices can be measured accurately.

The Challenge

Family farmers in remote dry regions and remote rain-fed regions have watched their farmland lose its fertility, vegetation cover disappearing, rain water runoff, and drought is making farming increasingly difficult. Across the regions where Civicom Aid works, cereal yields have been reported to decline from 3,000 kilograms per acre per year to just 200 kilograms per acre per year.

Many family farmers lack the skills, tools, and practical knowledge needed to apply climate adaptation tools, building soil health practices, and crop planning methods. As farming becomes more challenging and livelihoods less secure, many young people abandon farming and migrate to slum regions in search of other opportunities. This leaves older generations increasingly responsible for farming and maintaining household food supplies.

Without support, soil fertility declines, vegetation cover disappears, drought worsens, and water runoff increases. Food insecurity and poverty deepen, while children drop out of school as families struggle to meet their basic needs. These challenges threaten the livelihoods and futures of families who depend on farming for their survival.

Through Civicom Aid’s Farmer-Managed Community Restoration Programme, family farmers learn and practise sustainable farming practices directly on their own farms through hands-on practical learning in climate adaptation, building soil health, and crop planning.

Kaliro Farmer-Managed Community Restoration Program, Uganda

Budini Farmers Hub

A gathering place for family farmers in Budini

The soil in Budini has grown weak. Trees are fewer each year. Harvests that once fed whole families now come up short, season after season.

Yet no farmer here stands alone. They come together to learn as one — growing food the regenerative way to bring the soil back to life, letting old roots and stumps regrow trees on their own, and using the Plantix app to catch pests, disease, and bad weather before real harm is done.

Elders pass down what years on this land have taught them. Young people bring new energy and bold ideas. Together, they are building something lasting: food on the table, and a future worth staying for.

Kwale Farmer-Managed Community Restoration Program, Kenya

Kinango Farmers Hub

A gathering place for family farmers in Kinango

The soil here is dry and tired. Each year, fewer trees stand. Harvests families once relied on now feel like a gamble, season after season.

But no one faces this dry ground alone. In the cool morning light, families come together to work the land as one — growing food the regenerative way to bring the soil back to life, letting old roots grow new trees on their own, and using the Plantix app to catch pests, disease, and bad weather before real harm is done.

Elders carry the wisdom of a lifetime on this soil. Young people bring fresh drive and new thinking. Row by row, together, they are growing something that lasts: steady food for their families, and hope for seasons still to come.

Makueni Farmer-Managed Community Restoration Program, Kenya

Kibwezi Farmers Hub

Hard seasons in Kibwezi, Makueni County, once meant harvests no one could count on. Now, rows of green stretch wide and full — proof of what steady care can grow.

Family farmers come together in hubs of 50–100 families, where they learn and farm side by side.

They grow food crops using four low-cost techniques:

• Regenerative farming to improve soil fertility
• Crop diversification to spread risk and improve nutrition
• Assisted Natural Regeneration — letting old tree stumps, roots, and leaves regrow into trees, increasing tree cover
• The Plantix app to detect crop pests, disease, and bad weather early

Together, these low-cost techniques address severe food insecurity, chronic poverty, and inequality in marginalized, remote regions.

Turkana Farmer-Managed Community Restoration Program, Kenya

Loima Farmers Hub

A gathering place for family farmers in Loima

The land in Loima stretches dry and red, shaped by drought and worn by hard years. Yet across the cracked ground, small patches of green keep pushing through, proof that life still wants to return.

Here, families gather to bring the soil back to health. They grow food the regenerative way, and they build small earth walls that hold rain in the ground for weeks, giving buried seeds the time they need to sprout on their own. The Plantix app helps them catch pests, disease, and bad weather before disaster hits.

Patch by patch, root by root, they are turning cracked red earth back into land that can feed their families once more.