YOUR.Earth: Innovating Agroforestry Funding for Overijssel
YOUR.Earth is a new platform dedicated to accelerating large-scale agroforestry around the Jalo Biopellets plant in Overijssel. In collaboration with leading scientific institutes, regional stakeholders and investors, YOUR.Earth is building a novel funding framework that unites financial innovation with ecosystem restoration.
A Holistic Funding Model
YOUR.Earth is pioneering an integrated finance mechanism designed to blend public grants, private capital, and carbon credits. This approach channels direct investment into agroforestry initiatives—enabling farmers to plant and maintain mixed tree and shrub systems alongside their existing crops. By uniting diverse funding sources under one umbrella, YOUR.Earth ensures long-term financial stability for new woodlands and shelters local farmers from the risks of early-stage land-use changes.
Scientific Collaboration
Building on Jalo’s Carbon-Negative Leadership
Jalo Biopellets has proven that landscape prunings can be transformed into a low-emission, carbon-negative fuel source. YOUR.Earth leverages Jalo’s success by creating a circular ecosystem where farmers’ waste streams become an economic asset and newly planted trees further enhance the region’s capacity to capture CO₂. This synergy reinforces Jalo’s local supply chain, reduces transportation footprints, and establishes an agroforestry belt around the plant that is resilient, biodiverse, and economically viable.
Long-Term Regional Impact
'By pairing innovative climate finance with cutting-edge science, YOUR.Earth is positioned to transform Overijssel’s rural landscapes, ultimately creating a scalable blueprint for sustainable land management and community-driven climate action.'
Why should I, as a farmer, consider joining YOUR.Earth’s agroforestry program?
By planting along the plots you create a milder/warmer growth strip so that the crops grow a little faster. This means that your loss of m² of cultivation soil by planting is largely negated by the increased yield of your crop. There are also more insects in the vicinity of your crops so that natural enemies combat the harmful insects and therefore gives multiple options for less use of insecticides in the crops.
How does the novel funding framework actually work for farmers?
YOUR.Earth blends public grants, private investment, and carbon credits into a single support system. This ensures you receive funding or subsidies to help cover the costs of tree saplings, planting, and ongoing care. As your new trees sequester carbon, verified carbon credits can be sold on climate markets, which generates additional income for you. It’s a simplified approach that provides financing without you having to juggle multiple funding sources yourself.
Will agroforestry disrupt my current farming activities or reduce my crop yield?
When carefully planned, agroforestry systems are designed to complement, not compete with, your existing crops. Scientists and extension specialists working with YOUR.Earth will help determine optimal tree species and planting patterns for your specific land, ensuring minimal impact on your main crops. In many cases, tree roots and leaf litter help improve soil structure, moisture retention, and overall crop health—leading to sustained or even increased yields in the long run.
How does collaborating with YOUR.Earth connect me to Jalo Biopellets?
Any prunings or woody residues from your agroforestry plot can potentially become valuable feedstock for Jalo Biopellets, a local plant that turns woody waste into carbon-negative pellets. This creates a win-win situation: you benefit from an additional revenue stream for your biomass, and Jalo Biopellets can continue sourcing local materials with minimal transport emissions. Working with YOUR.Earth helps you tap into this circular economy, strengthening the entire farming community in Overijssel.