Kenya income and expenditure study
We tracked 400 farmers for a full calendar year, exhaustively surveying them about their spending and income.
We tracked 400 farmers for a full calendar year, exhaustively surveying them about their spending and income.
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.
There’s a set of common questions every direct-service nonprofit should answer to maximize learning, action, and impact.
This report provides a detailed breakdown of One Acre Fund's program impact by country in 2020.
Summary of results for our maize and beans production impact study in Teso district, Kenya, 2017.
Maize and beans production impact study in Teso district, Kenya, 2017.
This report provides a detailed breakdown of One Acre Fund's program impact by country in 2019.
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.
This report provides a detailed breakdown of One Acre Fund's 2018 program impact by country.
This report provides a detailed breakdown of One Acre Fund's 2017 program impact by country.
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.
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.
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.
This report provides a detailed breakdown of One Acre Fund's 2016 program impact by country.
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.
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.
This report provides a detailed breakdown of One Acre Fund's 2015 program impact by country.
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.
In this two-part series, we’ve asked two sunflower farmers in Tanzania to show us how they use their sunflower seeds in cooking.
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.
Why mission-driven organizations need a more nuanced understanding of why and how impact may fluctuate over time.
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.
This report provides a detailed breakdown of One Acre Fund's 2014 program impact by country.
Summary of results from our maize yields study in Busia district, Kenya, 2014