A platform for action
Nyra unites people determined to take meaningful action against climate change. We connect you with farmers, creatives and ethical producers taking evidence-based climate actions. Farmers earn a reliable living through Nyra and are supported by our experts to work in new, climate smart ways; in places where the climate emergency is hitting hardest.
Nyra brings you closer to impacts you inspire. You will receive stunning samples of the farmers’ latest products, specially curated by local artists and crafted for you.
Together, we will transform the environment one action, one partnership, one product at a time.
A platform for action
Nyra unites people determined to take meaningful action against climate change. We connect you with farmers, creatives and ethical producers taking evidence-based climate actions. Farmers earn a reliable living through Nyra and are supported by our experts to work in new, climate smart ways; in places where the climate emergency is hitting hardest.
Nyra brings you closer to impacts you inspire. You will receive stunning samples of the farmers’ latest products, specially curated by local artists and crafted for you.
Together, we will transform the environment one action, one partnership, one product at a time.
A platform for action
Nyra unites people determined to take meaningful action against climate change. We connect you with farmers, creatives and ethical producers taking evidence-based climate actions. Farmers earn a reliable living through Nyra and are supported by our experts to work in new, climate smart ways; in places where the climate emergency is hitting hardest.
Nyra brings you closer to impacts you inspire. You will receive stunning samples of the farmers’ latest products, specially curated by local artists and crafted for you.
Together, we will transform the environment one action, one partnership, one product at a time.
How it works
1
Choose your
investment
Choose the farm activities
you want to support
2
Farmers
act
We connect you with a farmer
ready to take action
3
Receive or gift
the product
Products from the farm activities are
delivered
to you or a nominated person.
How it works
1
2
3
Choose your
investment
Choose the farm activities
you want to support
Farmers
act
We connect you with a farmer
ready to take action
Receive or gift
the product
Products from the farm activities are
delivered
to you or a nominated person.
Nyra connects people, businesses and communities to farmers in Africa to take collaborative climate actions. When you invest in Nyra you will be matched with a farmer ready to take evidence-led climate actions. In return, you will receive artistically crafted products that have had a net-positive impact on nature and an update on the impact you have had.
Choose your investment
Seed & Sustain
£50
Support a farmer to plant 10 trees on their land and maintain them for the next six months to ensure they get well-established. Our entry-level package kick starts carbon removal and habitat creation
The Regenerator
£100
The farmer you support will produce organic compost from agricultural waste for the next six months, adopt beekeeping, and plant 10 trees on their land. Our mid-level package produces the nutrient-rich soil and pollination necessary for all the other regenerative practices.
The Ecosystem Architect
£250
Support a farmer in planting a four-sided hedgerow around their land with over 2,000 mixed species. Our top-of-the-range investment protects all other investments, sequesters the maximum carbon, and makes biodiversity corridors across farms possible.
The Nyra
Box
£35
The Nyra box helps seed and grow Nyra’s work so that more farming communities can join the community. By choosing this box, you help to sustain Nyra’s expansion to places where it is most needed.
About us
Nyra connects people, businesses and communities to farmers in Africa to take collaborative climate actions. When you invest in Nyra you will be matched with a farmer ready to take evidence-led climate actions. In return, you will receive artistically crafted products that have had a net-positive impact on nature and an update on the impact you have had.
News/Features
The golden properties of shea
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In August, Anita sets off every morning to the parklands near her village in Northern Ghana to gather shea nuts. Her daily journey takes her 5 miles North of her home. Here, she and women from nearby villages meet to collect the smooth, reddish-brown kernels that drop from the patchwork green canopy.
Shea nuts, native to West Africa and sometimes called ‘women’s gold’, have been a key source of nutrient-rich food, medicine and skin care for Anita, her community, and countless generations past.
New/Features
The golden properties of shea
In August, Anita sets off every morning to the parklands near her village in Northern Ghana to gather shea nuts. Her daily journey takes her 5 miles North of her home. Here, she and women from nearby villages meet to collect the smooth, reddish-brown kernels that drop from the patchwork green canopy.
Shea nuts, native to West Africa and sometimes called ‘women’s gold’, have been a key source of nutrient-rich food, medicine and skin care for Anita, her community, and countless generations past.
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News/Features
The golden properties of shea
—
In August, Anita sets off every morning to the parklands near her village in Northern Ghana to gather shea nuts. Her daily journey takes her 5 miles North of her home. Here, she and women from nearby villages meet to collect the smooth, reddish-brown kernels that drop from the patchwork green canopy.
Shea nuts, native to West Africa and sometimes called ‘women’s gold’, have been a key source of nutrient-rich food, medicine and skin care for Anita, her community, and countless generations past.
Who we are
The team
Dr. Amanda Lenhardt
Co-founder and CEO
Dr. Lenhardt is an agricultural economist committed to pioneering sustainable, equitable solutions at the intersection of climate action, ecological restoration, and poverty reduction. At Nyra, she leads the development of innovative financing models and evidence-based strategies that empower smallholder farmers while regenerating landscapes and capturing carbon.
Elizabeth Young
Co-founder and COO
Elizabeth guides Nyra’s operations across the Global South and the UK. She supports the design of regenerative value chains and impact systems that ensure quality, traceability, and climate-positive practice. Her work spans sourcing, production, partnerships, and investor engagement - turning Nyra’s mission into measurable impact.
Dr. Issah Alhassan Suhiyini
Ghana Director
Dr. Suhiyini is an environmental and resource economist dedicated to advancing sustainable land management and climate adaptation, with a strong focus on poverty reduction and gender empowerment. Dr. Suhiyini brings expertise in livelihoods, vulnerability, and resource governance to support smallholder farmers and ecologically sound development across Africa.
Mabel Senaa Bonsuuri
Nyra Advisor
As an Advisory Member at Nyra, Mabel brings her expertise in community engagement, gender inclusion, and arts-based storytelling to foster equitable, locally grounded connections between smallholder farmers, investors, and creative sustainability initiatives in Ghana.
Our mission
Nyra’s mission is to bring together impact-driven partners to capture carbon and regenerate landscapes and livelihoods across Africa and beyond. Through our platform, we sow collaboration from the ground up between people determined to take meaningful action against climate change and those who draw inspiration and sustenance from nature. Nyra cultivates climate resilience, celebrates cultural heritage, and builds pathways for rural prosperity that repairs the environment.
Our partners include
Who we are
The team
Dr. Amanda Lenhardt
Co-founder and CEO
Dr. Lenhardt is an agricultural economist committed to pioneering sustainable, equitable solutions at the intersection of climate action, ecological restoration, and poverty reduction. At Nyra, she leads the development of innovative financing models and evidence-based strategies that empower smallholder farmers while regenerating landscapes and capturing carbon.
Elizabeth Young
Co-founder and COO
Elizabeth guides Nyra’s operations across the Global South and the UK. She supports the design of regenerative value chains and impact systems that ensure quality, traceability, and climate-positive practice. Her work spans sourcing, production, partnerships, and investor engagement - turning Nyra’s mission into measurable impact.
Dr. Issah Alhassan Suhiyini
Ghana Director
Dr. Suhiyini is an environmental and resource economist dedicated to advancing sustainable land management and climate adaptation, with a strong focus on poverty reduction and gender empowerment. Dr. Suhiyini brings expertise in livelihoods, vulnerability, and resource governance to support smallholder farmers and ecologically sound development across Africa.
Mabel Senaa Bonsuuri
Nyra Advisor
As an Advisory Member at Nyra, Mabel brings her expertise in community engagement, gender inclusion, and arts-based storytelling to foster equitable, locally grounded connections between smallholder farmers, investors, and creative sustainability initiatives in Ghana.
Our mission
Nyra’s mission is to bring together impact-driven partners to capture carbon and regenerate landscapes and livelihoods across Africa and beyond. Through our platform, we sow collaboration from the ground up between people determined to take meaningful action against climate change and those who draw inspiration and sustenance from nature. Nyra cultivates climate resilience, celebrates cultural heritage, and builds pathways for rural prosperity that repairs the environment.
Our partners include
Our mission
Nyra’s mission is to bring together impact-driven partners to capture carbon and regenerate landscapes and livelihoods across Africa and beyond. Through our platform, we sow collaboration from the ground up between people determined to take meaningful action against climate change and those who draw inspiration and sustenance from nature. Nyra cultivates climate resilience, celebrates cultural heritage, and builds pathways for rural prosperity that repairs the environment.
Our partners include