Improving rural incomes through alternative livelihood by creating a ready market for wild fruits enhances the local community’s ability to adapt to climate change and build their resilience using locally available resources such as wild fruit trees.

Through Forest Africa Zambia Limited, more than 200 households became wild fruit suppliers, and the company has so far created direct employment for 18 Zambians at the factory. It has planted over 3,000 baobab trees, and by applying a zero-waste philosophy, all the parts of the baobab fruit are used, thereby contributing to afforestation and biodiversity. The fruit powder is processed into juice, the seeds are pressed into cosmetic oil, the funicles into red tea, and the shells are converted into eco-friendly charcoal briquettes. The company provides employment and income generation activities in the green economy in Zambia.