2014 Annual Impact:
To generate our impact data, we survey thousands of One Acre Fund farmers and compare that data with similarly situated comparison farmers, who live in the same area and thus face similar agro-ecological conditions.
We conduct two different surveys: In the first survey, we collect comprehensive farming input data on everything from fertilizer and seed costs to labor days expended. We also get an estimate of a farmer’s land size dedicated to One Acre Fund inputs and the farmer’s land size overall. In the second survey, we randomly select two small plots of land and harvest and weigh each crop.
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