Informatie- en data bibliotheek
Door onze data, inzichten, successen en mislukkingen open en transparant te delen, willen we een volledig en eerlijk beeld geven van onze impact. Impact is onze “North Star”; alleen door grondige metingen weten we zeker of we de juiste koers volgen.
Vier denkpatronen die onze groei versnellen
In dit artikel delen we de vier denkpatronen die ons hebben geholpen bij het stellen van doelen, het ontwikkelen van financiële modellen, het meten van onze impact en het opbouwen van een organisatiecultuur die exponentiële groei mogelijk maakte. Lees meer
Publications
Scaling impact is difficult, new analysis shows – One type of donor is crucial for success
Identify a problem, build a solution, scale it. And once it reaches scale, your organization becomes self-sustaining. No, says a new study of 28 successful NGOs’ finances. That assumption is entirely incorrect. And this should prompt serious reflection, especially among foundations that aim to create lasting change, according to the woman behind the study.
Giving that supports community-focused climate solutions
How have nonprofits adapted their strategies to help mitigate climate change? How can donors best support climate solutions? Leaders from the One Acre Fund and The Nature Conservancy discuss how climate change is shaping their work and ways philanthropy can step in with catalytic funding.
What One Acre Fund has learned five years after an infusion of $20 million in catalytic capital
Five years ago, One Acre Fund received a $20 million subordinated debt facility from a group of catalytic capital investors, including The MacArthur Foundation, The ELMA Growth Foundation, Ceniarth, Jasmine Social Investments, Netri Fundación, and A to Z Impact, and supported by a guarantee from the Ezrah Charitable Trust.
Subsidizing Agricultural Insurance in sub-Saharan Africa
African farmers reliant on rainfed agriculture are profoundly vulnerable to the effects of shocks like severe drought or flooding. A single season of extreme weather can erase years of assets and cause a backslide into poverty, especially affecting children and girls.
How to build trust with One Acre Fund
Join One Acre Fund’s Doreen Ndishabandi and Matthew Forti for this podcast with System Catalysts as they discuss how One Acre Fund builds and maintains trust with the partners we work closely with. Listen now.
Big Bets for the Long Haul
How to help big bet philanthropy lead to even bigger social change down the road.
Building a Stronger Foundation for Resilience
Why systemic market failures in African insurance markets make it nearly impossible for smallholder farmers to achieve resilience, and what philanthropy and the private sector can do about it.
A good egg: An evaluation of a SBCC campaign to increase egg consumption among children in Rwanda
This article shares the midline results of a study where we evaluate the impact of a social and behavior change communication campaign (SBCC) to promote egg consumption among young children in rural Rwanda.
Tree Seedling RCT summary of results
Download the central findings of Laterite study of tree-planting activity in Kenya, from 2019-2021.
Tree Seedling RCT: endline report
This is an endline report covering the Tree Seedling RCT study conducted by evaluation firm Laterite, looking at the impact of One Acre Fund's grevillea (timber) tree-planting program In Kenya, 2019 -2022
2020 annual impact: country report
This report provides a detailed breakdown of One Acre Fund's program impact by country in 2020.
One Acre Fund's Digital Innovations
This case study shares the key lessons learned from One Acre Fund's experience in the field choosing products and partners, and rolling out changes in the field.
Teso RCT final results
Maize and beans production impact study in Teso district, Kenya.
Developing a maize planting decision support tool
This study demonstrates the potential of providing planting date decision support to farmers, based on real-time forecasts of soil moisture, combined with climatological information on rainfall and temperature seasonality.
Agronomic survey data
Every year, One Acre Funds collects rich agronomy data for internal monitoring and evaluation purposes across all our countries of operation. Download the full dataset from 2021 here.
Targeting travertine application in Rwanda (2020)
This study shares the results of a project that was executed on-farm trials so that it would assist in developing approaches to enable One Acre Fund and other organizations to locally tailor recommendations for travertine application in Rwanda.
Nutrient Omission Trials (NOTs)
This is data from nutrient omission trials in western Kenya during the 2020 long rains.
Optimizing maize variety allocation
This report shares the new tools, collaborations and processes developed in this project to evaluate and plan improvements on maize seed variety distribution systems.
2019 Annual impact: country report
This report provides a detailed breakdown of One Acre Fund's program impact by country in 2019.
Four Mindsets That Accelerate Nonprofit Growth
A reflection on how a set of strategies related to target-setting, financial modeling, program measurement, and organizational culture helped one organization reach a major milestone.
Smart Scaling for Social Change Organisations
This is a case study on One Acre Fund’s Path to Reaching 1 Million Farmers.
Assessing our holistic impact
This paper describes multi-year (2016-2019) results of holistic impact measurements to showcase impact across three domains for each of our countries of 0peration using the impact scorecard.
Quality of Life Study in Kenya and Rwanda: Year 3 Results
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.
2018 annual impact: country report
This report provides a detailed breakdown of One Acre Fund's 2018 program impact by country.
