Mike Hands, Finalist, 2014, The St. Andrews Prize for the Environment from ConocoPhillips

In 2014, Mike Hands was a finalist for The St. Andrews Prize for the Environment from ConocoPhillips.

2014 finalist Mike Hands of the Inga Foundation: Land for life programme provides an insight into his project. As one of the 2014 runners up the Inga Foundation were presented with $25,000 cheque.

The Inga Foundation: Land for life programme aims to create sustainable rural livelihoods in tropical areas across the world. The project provides farmers with hands-on training, Inga tree seeds and ongoing support to enable them to establish alley-cropping upon their land. This initiative creates a sustainable rural livelihood for farmers and their families, providing them with food security and the ability to grow cash-crops.

The St Andrews Prize for the Environment is an environmental initiative by the University of St Andrews, which attracts scholars of international repute and carries out world-class teaching and research, and independent exploration and production company ConocoPhillips.