One Acre Fund

Date: 2020

Asset Class: Private Debt - SubCommercial

Description:  One Acre Fund (OAF) is a non-profit that supplies 1 million smallholder farmers with everything they need to grow more food and earn more money. One Acre Fund envisions a world where all farmers have big harvests, healthy families, and rich soil. OAF is not just lending dollars to smallholder farmers it provides a high-touch support program that includes all the tools they need to succeed.

Why We Invest: Poverty alleviation and food security are the primary impacts of OAF’s programs. 70% of Africa’s poor are rural farm families trapped in cyclical poverty: improving their farm’s yields and outputs through better inputs, training and market access allows them to have a chance of escaping poverty. 60% of client households have women farmers and most of the clients live on less than $1/day.