Insights and Data Library

This report summarizes the results from 2 years of data collection which examine the impact of One Acre Fund program participation on farmers' quality of life.

This report summarizes the results from 2 years of data collection which examine the impact of One Acre Fund program participation on farmers' quality of life.

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.

When we launched in Rwanda in 2007, we adopted a rolling distribution method to deliver inputs to clients to accommodate the unique challenges of the new operating environment. We maintained rolling distribution there for seven years before changing.

One Acre Fund serves farmers as part of a group lending model. In an effort to increase the number of clients served, in 2011 we tested several different strategies to increase group size. This white paper explains why this trial was unsuccessful.

In 2009 and 2010, One Acre Fund offered to purchase beans at above-market prices from farmers in Nyamasheke District, Rwanda. This white paper explores why the bean buyback trial was not successful.

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.