The Choma District Tree Nurseries Association (CDTNA) in Zambia supports smallholder farmers by supplying diverse tree planting materials for agroforestry and landscape restoration. Established in 2017, the association brings together 111 members who collectively produce more than 338,000 seedlings across over 48 tree and plant varieties at a shared nursery site in the Choma Forestry Department.

Seedlings are sold to government programmes, NGOs, colleges and farmers, with major buyers including SNV (47.5% of sales) and schools (17.5%). CDTNA has strengthened access to locally adapted planting materials for soil improvement, food production and income diversification in a drought-prone farming landscape.

Through farmer-to-farmer learning, Indigenous Technical Knowledge and training from partners such as the Forestry Department, Forest and Farm Facility and the Zambia National Farmers’ Union, CDTNA has transformed scattered nursery growers into a more organized forest and farm producer organisation.