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Kenya income and expenditure study
We tracked 400 farmers for a full calendar year, exhaustively surveying them about their spending and income.
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2021 Annual Impact Report
In a second straight year filled with challenges and uncertainty due to COVID, climate change, and inflation, we prioritized adaptation and innovation in supporting our clients to develop additional, diverse pathways to increased food security and better livelihoods.
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Actionable Measurement: Getting from “Prove” to “Improve”
There’s a set of common questions every direct-service nonprofit should answer to maximize learning, action, and impact.
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2020 annual impact: country report
This report provides a detailed breakdown of One Acre Fund's program impact by country in 2020.
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Teso 2017 RCT Summary
Summary of results for our maize and beans production impact study in Teso district, Kenya, 2017.
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Teso 2017 RCT final results
Maize and beans production impact study in Teso district, Kenya, 2017.
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2019 Annual impact: country report
This report provides a detailed breakdown of One Acre Fund's program impact by country in 2019.
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Assessing our holistic impact
A look at our impact beyond immediate farmer profit by considering factors that are not easily monetized, but which bring meaningful changes in farmers' lives.
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2018 annual impact: country report
This report provides a detailed breakdown of One Acre Fund's 2018 program impact by country.
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2017 Country Specific Impact Report
This report provides a detailed breakdown of One Acre Fund's 2017 program impact by country.
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How Nonprofits Can Drive Healthy Growth Using SROI
This article explores why we believe social return on investment is an underutilized yet surprisingly flexible tool for making strong resource allocation decisions that maximize nonprofit impact.
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Reinventing Foreign Aid: Commonsense Proposals For More Efficiency and Impact
As an active partner with the U.S. government, One Acre Fund believes that foreign aid must be designed to maximize impact and value for money for taxpayers, while submitting to rigorous evaluation.
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Difference in Difference Impact Study
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.
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2016 Country Specific Impact Report
This report provides a detailed breakdown of One Acre Fund's 2016 program impact by country.
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Comprehensive Impact Report
This report takes stock of One Acre Fund’s M&E as we complete our first decade of operation, highlighting lessons learned, methods we have refined, and areas for further improvement.
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Spillover Effect Kenya Analysis
This report reviews an analysis One Acre Fund undertook to better understand the extent to which farmers who live in our program areas, but who are not enrolled in the program, still receive some program benefit.
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2015 Country Specific Impact Report
This report provides a detailed breakdown of One Acre Fund's 2015 program impact by country.
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Measuring Social Return on Investment Before You Invest
Using a social return on investment framework, organizations can estimate the future impact, cost, and scale of programs before they begin, and allocate resources for greater impact.
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Turning Sunflowers Into Sauce In Tanzania
In this two-part series, we’ve asked two sunflower farmers in Tanzania to show us how they use their sunflower seeds in cooking.
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Getting the Counterfactual Right
In this memo, we share our experience addressing selection bias through experimenting with four different approaches: propensity score matching, randomized control trials, newly enrolled farmers, and difference-in-difference.
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When Less Impact Per Client = Greater Social Good
Why mission-driven organizations need a more nuanced understanding of why and how impact may fluctuate over time.
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One Acre Fund Impact and M&E Strategy
This strategy memo explains how One Acre Fund uses impact measurement to prioritize the highest impact products, phase out low-impact offerings, and constantly improve the products and services we offer.
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2014 Country Specific Impact Report
This report provides a detailed breakdown of One Acre Fund's 2014 program impact by country.
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Busia 2014 RCT summary
Summary of results from our maize yields study in Busia district, Kenya, 2014