Agricultural innovation
Post-Harvest Home Storage (2014) Trial Report
This report shares the results of trials that One Acre Fund held to test home post-harvest storage.
Rwanda
Publication
Nitrogen Fixation in Beans (2014)
One Acre Fund trialed two products in Rugano and Nyaruzazi districts, Rwanda to identify promising methods to improve nitrogen fixation in legumes. This report shares the results of the trial.
Publication
New Bean Varieties (2014)
In 2014, One Acre Fund evaluated eleven different bush and climbing bean varieties in Rwanda, for both yield and farmer preference.
Failures
Unsuccessful Scale-Up: Bean Buyback in Western Rwanda
A number of factors contributed to the lack of success of our bean harvest buyback program in Rwanda. This report details the lessons learned.
Agricultural innovation
Potato Fertilizer Trial Results 2014
One Acre Fund wanted to assess if higher profits can be gained through lower fertilizer
application rates.
Article
Harvesting Climbing Beans: A How-To Guide in Photos
Our farmers in Rwanda and Burundi show us how to expertly harvest climbing beans.
Impact study
Banana production white paper
This report outlines the methodology used to trial four improved banana varieties at the Kibogora research station.
Agricultural innovation
Improved Bean Seed Report
This report shares the results of One Acre Funds research trials in Kenya and Rwanda of improved bean seeds that included eight different bush bean and nine different climbing bean varieties to identify high-yield potential commercial and pre-commercial varieties.
Agricultural innovation
Soybean (2014)
This report shares the Soybean trial results from research station and on-farm field trials conducted in Rwanda and Kenya in 2014.
Agricultural innovation
An Introduction to East African Smallholder Agriculture
An introduction to East African Smallholder Agriculture to provide basic technical understanding of the various farming practices and why they matter to ensure long term soil health and maximize farmer production and profit.