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At One Acre Fund, we’ve found that measuring farm profit is surprisingly complicated, requiring a number of important assumptions. The purpose of this paper is to outline the major assumptions we have made and the rationale behind those assumptions.

This report provides a detailed breakdown of One Acre Fund's 2015 program impact by country.

Irish potatoes are a common crop in upper altitude regions of Burundi. This trial assessed whether potato yields might increase from the application of Mancozeb fungicide to control late blight, & whether using chemicals prophylactically is profiitable.

In addition to the randomized control trial (RCT), One Acre Fund uses the Difference-in-Difference (diff-in-diff) statistical technique to verify our everyday measurements. This memo covers our most comprehensive difference-in-difference studies.