Facts and figures:
Tiyeni’s impacts in a nutshell
Tiyeni’s work to bring Deep Bed Farming to smallholder farmers across Malawi is transforming lives and regenerating the natural environment. Learn more about some of the specific impacts of our work below.
Reach
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Tiyeni has reached over 37,000 farmers through our work to end food poverty and to improve water security. Our “train the trainer” model equips Lead Farmers with the skills to train their peers in Deep Bed Farming, giving our work an exponential legacy effect as each Tiyeni-trained Lead Farmer trains an average of 10-15 follower farmers a year!
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The harvest we have got from this… we wish that Tiyeni can carry this message to every house, so that all the houses around here can have food like we have food.
Smallholder farmer, Choma village, northern Malawi
Multidimensional poverty
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Over 60% of Malawians live in multidimensional poverty. This means they face deprivations in numerous areas of their lives on top of low income, such as inadequate access to food, water, and education. Deep Bed Farming is transforming lives by addressing these multiple deprivations holistically. The graphic demonstrates the benefits that farmers have achieved in the first year of adoption alone!
By more than doubling farmers’ crop yields, Deep Bed Farming improves food security for farmers and their families. Increased crop yields also provide farmers with an excess that they can sell for profit, enabling them to move beyond subsistence-level farming. After the one-time step of breaking the hardpan, which is completed in the first year, Deep Bed Farming requires farmers to spend less time in their fields than conventional farming. This combination of extra time and increased profitability has life-changing impacts for farmers, such as building businesses and increasing access to education. |
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Environment and climate change
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Lower-income countries like Malawi are among the most affected by climate change despite contributing the least to global greenhouse emissions, a leading cause of climate change. Deep Bed Farming regenerates the land, reversing the damage caused by decades of unsustainable conventional farming methods and building climate-resilient landscapes. The first step of Deep Bed Farming, breaking the soil hardpan, improves the ability for water, air and roots to penetrate into the soil. This reduces soil erosion and water runoff.
Land is better-equipped to withstand extreme weather events like severe flooding and droughts, which has been a literal lifesaver during disasters such as Cyclone Freddy in 2023. Deep Bed Farming’s sustainable land management practices have additional benefits, like helping to eliminate gullies. Our method also recharges aquifers through rainwater harvest, which contributes to raising local water tables. |