Executive summary: One Acre Fund, Africa’s largest nonprofit supporting smallholder farmers, is seeking matched donations through The Life You Can Save to expand programs that raise farm yields, incomes, and resilience across sub-Saharan Africa, projecting a Social Return on Investment rising from $4.43 in 2024 to $9.64 by 2030.
Key points:
Half of the world’s extreme poor live in rural sub-Saharan Africa, where smallholders face stagnant yields and food insecurity.
One Acre Fund’s core model offers farm inputs on credit, training, and market support, increasing farmer profits by 35–40% on average.
The organization served 5.5 million farmers in 2024 and aims to reach 10 million annually by 2030.
Budget shortfalls from reduced foreign aid have slowed growth, prompting this 1:1 matched funding appeal.
Every $1 invested generated $4.43 in farmer profits and assets in 2024, with a projected $9.64 return by 2030.
Priority impact areas include scaling the core model, expanding agroforestry (4,500 trees per $1,000), and improving market access (550 farmers per $10,000).
Monitoring uses control groups, randomized control trials, and difference-in-difference estimates, with an expected $125 impact per farmer in 2025.
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Executive summary: One Acre Fund, Africa’s largest nonprofit supporting smallholder farmers, is seeking matched donations through The Life You Can Save to expand programs that raise farm yields, incomes, and resilience across sub-Saharan Africa, projecting a Social Return on Investment rising from $4.43 in 2024 to $9.64 by 2030.
Key points:
Half of the world’s extreme poor live in rural sub-Saharan Africa, where smallholders face stagnant yields and food insecurity.
One Acre Fund’s core model offers farm inputs on credit, training, and market support, increasing farmer profits by 35–40% on average.
The organization served 5.5 million farmers in 2024 and aims to reach 10 million annually by 2030.
Budget shortfalls from reduced foreign aid have slowed growth, prompting this 1:1 matched funding appeal.
Every $1 invested generated $4.43 in farmer profits and assets in 2024, with a projected $9.64 return by 2030.
Priority impact areas include scaling the core model, expanding agroforestry (4,500 trees per $1,000), and improving market access (550 farmers per $10,000).
Monitoring uses control groups, randomized control trials, and difference-in-difference estimates, with an expected $125 impact per farmer in 2025.
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