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Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Pierre Ndagijimana weeds onions in Mataba village, Rwanda. Many farmers apply the planting, weeding, harvesting, and storage training they receive through One Acre Fund to the other crops they cultivate. Credit: Francoise Umarishavu

Photo courtesy of the One Acre Fund blog. One Acre Fund is an NGO in Kenya, Rwanda, and Burundi that helps 130,000 smallholder farmers grow their own way out of poverty by providing a "market bundle" that includes education, finance, seed and fertilizer, and market access.

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