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One Acre Fund supplies smallholder farmers with financing and training to grow their way out of hunger and poverty.

More than 60 percent of people living in the Horn of Africa rely on subsistence farming to support their families, but one in four people in the region do not have sufficient food and nutrition. One Acre Fund reduces hunger in agricultural communities in East Africa by helping small farmers improve harvests and maximize farm profits.

More than 60 percent of people living in the Horn of Africa rely on subsistence farming to support their families, but one in four people in the region do not have sufficient food and nutrition. One Acre Fund reduces hunger in agricultural communities in East Africa by helping small farmers improve harvests and maximize farm profits.

One Acre Fund brings economic opportunity to rural agricultural communities in East Africa by helping small farmers improve harvests and maximize farm profits. In 2014, One Acre Fund’s farmers gained more than $7 million in net farm revenue.

One Acre Fund has conducted dozens of randomized control trials to find the most cost-effective farming techniques. Successful trials have helped hundreds of farmers improve implementation in areas such as nitrogen-fixing crops, crop rotation and diversity, alternative fertilizers, and energy-efficient light sources.