Seeking an exceptional MEL professional with 3+ years of experience to strengthen the quality and rigor of monitoring and evaluation across One Acre Fund's growth country portfolio and agroforestry program.
Seeking an exceptional Laboratory Lead with 5+ years of experience to lead set-up, commissioning and routine Laboratory operations to ensure Tupande processing is high quality and food safe.
Unique opportunity to lead value chain growth in Soko, shaping strategy, building markets, and driving farmer impact. Own sourcing, partnerships, and expansion while working with strong peers. Great role for entrepreneurial, high-growth talent.
Seeking a risk and controls professional with 3-5+ year experience to lead internal controls design as well as managing health and safety for Tupande factories in Kenya.
Seeking a data analyst with strong experimental design and data science skills to analyze trials, surveys, and geospatial data, build decision-support tools that improve agronomic recommendations and program impact for smallholder farmers.
Seeking an exceptional Grants Finance Manager to own budget development and compliance for high-value partnerships while driving long-term systems improvements.
This role is a high-agility role responsible for the end-to-end design, piloting, and initial setup of safety net products across all One Acre Fund markets.
The Agroforestry Innovations Associate will be part of our dedicated international agroforestry team and will support ten embedded agroforestry teams - one in each country program. This role will report to the Agroforestry Director.
Seeking an Associate with 3+ years of experience in strategy and operations to lead a portfolio of projects while coordinating across multiple teams and working closely with One Acre Fund's senior leadership and CEO.
Seeking an exceptional entrepreneurial and analytical professional with 5+ years of experience to analyze & contribute to the growth of diverse market access business units to serve smallholder farmers.
We are seeking an experienced Senior Internal Auditor to lead our internal audit activities in Kenya.
Picture a farmer in Kenya sowing seeds of managu, an indigenous leafy green packed with nutrients her children need to thrive. Or a farmer in Rwanda planting cover crops to enrich her soil and protect against erosion. These small acts of resilience are happening against a backdrop of enormous challenges like degraded soils, and rising food insecurity.
Oliver Shibonje, a retired geography and music teacher from Kenya's Kakamega County, has traded in his chalk and classroom for the open fields, embracing full-time farming with a focus on maize, vegetables, and sugarcane.
Eugine’s Asubila story is a testament to how smallholder agriculture is empowering women across Kenya – and sub-Saharan Africa – to become entrepreneurs by creating the means for them to set up new businesses.
On most days, you will find Esther Wangari tending to her farm, located deep in the heart of Kirinyaga County, in Kenya’s central highlands. Bordering her maize and beans fields, Esther’s latest passion – tree planting – thrives. For this Kenyan smallholder farmer, her new venture is more than just about planting trees; it is also about her livelihood and securing her family’s future.
In Kenya and Burundi, farmers like Wycliffe Nzaga, Eunice Nguu, and Sylvie Nahimana have witnessed first-hand the detrimental effects of drastic changes on farming.
Women smallholder farmers like Hilder Ongeri typically invest more of what they earn back into their families and communities than their male counterparts. This has knock-on effects for the generations that follow.
This report shares the results of a trial in Kenya to test the maize yield effect of urea compared to CAN. A secondary objective of the trial was to measure the soil acidity level effect of the different top dress options.
One Acre Fund sought to evaluate recommended planting best practices for crops that commonly grow in western Kenya.
Through it's research station in Kenya, One Acre Fund conducted agricultural trials to search for better performing and more blast resistant varieties of finger millet.
Our Executive Director, Andrew Youn, shares his vision on why investing in young farmers is key to addressing the challenges we face in agriculture today – from sustainably feeding the world’s growing population to finding lasting solutions to resilient, profitable agriculture.
Michelle, our Global Director for Government Relations and Policy, talks about her career, her journey to the top, the hurdles she’s overcome along the way, and why she thinks “good girls” can get the figurative corner office.
Pauline, who is one of our Regional Managers, talks about her career journey and success in a male-dominated field.
One Acre Fund Kenya launches new services for farmers under a new name.
