Global Food for Thought

Photo of the Week

Brigit Soita of Chwele, Kenya, with her newly germinated millet. Photo by Hailey Tucker

Photo courtesy of the One Acre Fund blog. One Acre Fund supplies smallholder farmers with the tools and financing they need to grow their way out of hunger and poverty. Working with farmers in Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi and Tanzania, One Acre Fund provides a complete market bundle of seeds, fertilizer, training and market support on credit – and delivers these services within walking distance of the 180,000 farmers they serve.

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Diogene Habiyakare of Kavumu, Rwanda, hangs his maize harvest to dry in a storage space near his home. Photo by Evariste Bagambiki. Photo courtesy of the One Acre Fund blog.

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Farmers in Maraka, Kenya, plant maize using a hand hoe and a pre¬measured planting string to help them properly space their seeds. Photo by Kelvin Owino.

Photo courtesy of the One Acre Fund blog. One Acre Fund supplies smallholder farmers with the tools and financing they need to grow their way out of hunger and poverty. 

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Silas Niyimpa of Ngobi, Rwanda, harvests cassava roots he planted in 2013.

Photo by Evariste Bagambiki, courtesy of the One Acre Fund blog. One Acre Fund supplies smallholder farmers with the tools and financing they need to grow their way out of hunger and poverty.

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One Acre Fund farmer Elias Ndinduyubwo of Kagabiro, Rwanda, shows off maize he has harvested with his family.

Photo by Hailey Tucker, courtesy of the One Acre Fund blog. One Acre Fund supplies smallholder farmers with the tools and financing they need to grow their way out of hunger and poverty. Working with farmers in Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania, One Acre Fund provides a complete market bundle of seeds, fertilizer, training, and market support on credit—and delivers these services within walking distance of the 180,000 farmers they serve.

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One Acre Fund group leader Pauline Keya demonstrates how much chlorine to add to water to make it safe for drinking. One Acre Fund provides our farmers in Kenya each with enough chlorine to provide safe drinking water for one year. Photo by Kelvin Owino. Photo courtesy of the One Acre Fund blog.

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Martin Ugiraneza, of Rwamiko, Rwanda, was able to purchase a cow after his 2013 harvests. Just a month ago, his cow calved. Now he can use the cow's milk for his family and as a source of income.

Photo by Evariste Bagambiki, courtesy of the One Acre Fund blog. One Acre Fund supplies smallholder farmers with the tools and financing they need to grow their way out of hunger and poverty. Working with farmers in Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi and Tanzania, One Acre Fund provides a complete market bundle of seeds, fertilizer, training and market support on credit – and delivers these services within walking distance of the 180,000 farmers they serve.

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A farmer in Milani, Kenya, measures fertilizer with a One Acre Fund planting scoop and pours the microdose of fertilizer into holes his group members have dug for his maize.

Photo by Hailey Tucker, courtesy of the One Acre Fund blog. One Acre Fund supplies smallholder farmers with the tools and financing they need to grow their way out of hunger and poverty.

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One Acre Fund farmer, Epiphany Mukamuzungo of Rwanda, harvests potatoes from her land to cook for dinner.

Photo by Hailey Tucker, courtesy of the One Acre Fund blog. One Acre Fund supplies smallholder farmers with the tools and financing they need to grow their way out of hunger and poverty. Working with farmers in Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania, One Acre Fund provides a complete market bundle of seeds, fertilizer, training, and market support on credit—and delivers these services within walking distance of the 180,000 farmers they serve.

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Rwandan farmer Michel Gakuba strings together his newly harvested maize. He will hang the strands of maize to help the cobs dry before storing them.

Photo by Evariste Bagambiki, courtesy of the One Acre Fund blog. One Acre Fund provides smallholder farmers with the tools and financing they need to grow their way out of hunger and poverty. Working with farmers in Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania, One Acre Fund supplies a complete market bundle of seeds, fertilizer, training, and market support on credit—and delivers these services within walking distance of the 180,000 farmers they serve.

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