This collaboration strengthened the capacities of South African institutions in agroforestry, nursery technology and production, and community development. The partnership created new agroforestry curricula at the University of Fort Hare (UFH), established an agroforestry demonstration plot, conducted a demonstration of fruit farming, and conducted an indigenous tree-planting trial at Fort Cox College (FCC). Plant propagation facilities were developed at UFH and FCC to train students in nursery management. Both facilities have begun training women from surrounding communities to grow and care for seedlings. These women gained skills to begin their own businesses selling seedlings.

To promote tree planting and rural development, the partners used a Participatory Rural Appraisal process to select appropriate tree species to be planted and allocate land for tree planting on individual and communal lands. Participating communities formed village cooperatives to produce trees, creating economic benefits for the villages. To sustain the project, the partnership received a grant for the Education for Development and Democracy Initiative in 2000 to determine the feasibility of creating affordable wood-based housing in Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal.