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Working to make #smallholder farmers more prosperous. #FarmersFirst. Looking for a job? Head to 👉🏽
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🌳Thank you
@OneEarth
for sharing our community-led tree-planting project in Burundi! It aims to help 100k women farmers plant 2.5 million new trees and improve soil quality, generate income, and provide food. Read
@OneEarth
's Article here:
oneearth.org
Five projects using community-led regenerative agriculture to fight climate change | One Earth
By restoring soil health, providing nutritious food, and sequestering carbon, sustainable growing practices can heal people and the planet.
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Did you know that 'duka' is the Swahili word for store or shop? Our dukas, like this one in Tanzania, offer agricultural products like sunflower and maize seeds, solar lamps, and drying sheets, ensuring farmers in remote areas have access to supplies.
A person behind a desk, set up like a till, using a tablet. They are serving a person who is looking at their phone. Behind them are bags of products.
Another angle of the duka, this side reads 'Wakulima Kwanza'. You can see people waiting outside the door for their turn in the duka.
A queue forms outside our duka. The duka is a yellow container with 'One Acre Fund Duka' painted on the side. There are vehicles driving past.
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Quality farm supplies can only get farmers so far; knowledge and training play a big role in their success. 💡 For Kija, a smallholder farmer in Tanzania, training with One Acre Fund was the key to improving her yields, allowing her to sell produce and invest in her buisness.
Image Description: Farmer Kija Katemana standing in the middle of a field of Maize, holding a cob of corn and smiling
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"I am now able to harvest 250kg of beans. Before One Acre Fund I used to harvest 100kg." 🌱 Farmer Ntirenganya Jacques, from the Kirambo-Karongi district of Rwanda, picks up his inputs to plant beans in the upcoming planting season. #OneAcreFund
A carousel of 3 images showing smallholder farmers Nsengimama Samuel and Ntirenganya Jacques from Kirambo cell, Karongi district picking up their input for the upcoming planting season.
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A quick look at our work in Malawi... 🇲🇼 Farmers served: 95,000 🇲🇼 Active since 2013 We work with Malawian farmers to help them improve their harvests and are providing swift support to those impacted by Cyclone Freddy in March this year. Read more: loom.ly/foCKWuc
Smallholder farmer Margaret Mang'anda stood in a field in Zomba District, Malawi
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“One Acre Fund has made it easier to access supplies; I save time, energy, and money to focus on improving my farm,” Meet farmer Ntunzwenimana Stany from Gitega Province in Burundi, who has been with One Acre Fund since 2021. 🌱 #OneAcreFund #SmallholderFarmers #FarmersFirst
Ntunzwenimana Stany reaching into a bag of seeds in a field.
Ntunzwenimana Stany carrying a bag of fertilizer
Ntunzwenimana Stany working with a piece of rope in a field.
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Maintaining and improving soil health is essential to ensuring farmers stay resilient despite increasing pressures on land and a changing climate. 🌱 We provide training to make sure they can harvest healthier, more resilient crops. ✨ Read more: loom.ly/3HN5rvw
Image of a soil testing exercise in Wanging'ombe district
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We recently provided farmers in Tanzania with tree seedlings for fruit trees, timber trees, and soil health-improving trees! 🌳 "I am planting trees for two reasons: to earn money, but also for environment conservation" – Hamidu Kifyoga, a smallholder farmer from Iringa.
Farmer Hamidu Kifyoga holding a tray of pine seedlings in Tanzania
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We need new thinking to support #smallholders to adapt to increasing crises. Great news that
@JoaquinCastrotx
&
@RepYoungKim
have launched the Fostering Innovation in Global Development (#FIGDA) today. Learn more about what this means for US foreign aid ⬇️
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US foreign aid should go to innovative solutions that save lives & transform communities. Today, I'm introducing the Fostering Innovation in Global Development Act (FIGDA) w/@RepYoungKim to give USAID the tools to prioritize innovation in foreign aid. Here's what FIGDA does🧵
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Here's what our work in Burundi looks like... 🇧🇮 Farmers served: 196,000 🇧🇮 Since 2011, we have worked with farmers in Burundi to help them build pathways to prosperity Find out more about our work in Burundi over on our website: loom.ly/iBh1HpI
Farmer Domaides Nsavyimana with her baby in Burundi
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Last year, Enife's entire field was destroyed by a cyclone. Then last month, just as she was recovering, another tore through her community damaging crops and destroying land. Will you support farmers like Enife to recover and build their climate resilience? #EarthDay
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We recently launched a chicken distribution project in Burundi! 🐔 4807 farmers from Gitega Province will benefit from the opportunity to increase their income through poultry farming. More about our work: loom.ly/LFk63g4
A farmer in Gitega Province, Burundi holding a chicken
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Say hello to smallholder farmer Alex Kivike, from the Kilolo District of Tanzania. He has been farming with One Acre Fund for four seasons 🌱🌎 "My sunflower crops look good. Next year I will plant more at a larger scale. I plan to extract cooking oil from sunflowers.”
Farmer Alex Kivike stood in a field of crops in Kilolo District, Tanzania
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Meet farmer Bitariho Agnès, a 59-year-old smallholder farmer who has been farming with One Acre Fund since 2013 – making her one of the first Burundian farmers to join us 🌱 This season, Agnès planted a 2-kg pack of Tubura’s hybrid maize seed and hopes to harvest 300 kg.
Farmer Bitariho Agnès stood in a field of crops in Burundi
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Farmers often need to be innovators to meet changing circumstances, and we match their progressive thinking with our own 🧠 Our products and services are helping rural farmers thrive. Find out more: loom.ly/bl2UeV8
Farmer Rose Mufuti on a mobile phone in Kenya
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We are working with farmers from 30 agricultural co-operatives in Burundi to increase their farm production and incomes 🙏🏽 We facilitated access to inputs and other agricultural products such as hoes, mobile phones, solar lamps, and agroforestry trees for cooperative members.
A group of farmers in an agricultural co-operative in Burundi
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Here's what Rehema Kihalalwa, a smallholder from Tanzania has to say about her experience with One Acre Fund: “I now have enough food to feed my family. From my surplus, I can pay for my children's schooling, and have begun paying for construction of our family house" 🌱🌎
Farmer Rehema Kihalalwa smiling in a field of crops in Ugwachanya Village
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💰 Purchasing farm input insurance on behalf of smallholders in Africa. If extreme weather damages harvests, partial loan forgiveness provides a critical safety net to protect families from financial disaster
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Successful farming takes hard work and practical knowledge. Plus, sometimes entrepreneurs need a partner to invest in their vision 🙏 Smallholder farmers need financing, insurance, and other services to help them invest in their future. Here's how we help 👇
Input delivery in Namusisi Village, Uganda
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The best farm supplies don't matter if farmers in remotes areas can't access them. We invest in bridging this gap 🤝🏿 We specialize in the last mile of delivery that is crucial to ensuring the hardest to reach people get access to life’s necessities 🌱 loom.ly/NqC7h7s
Soap delivery in the Mayange sector of Rwanda
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Meet smallholder farmer Fadhili Mbuba from Tanzania. He has been farming with us since 2018 🇹🇿🌎 "Since enrolling, I can sell part of my crop and still harvest 12 bags of shelled maize. This has been very helpful with supporting my children with schooling." 🌱
Farmer Fadhili Mbuba from Bupigu Village in Ileje District, Tanzania sat on a bag of maize
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