One Acre Fund is a nonprofit social enterprise founded in 2006 that provides smallholder farmers across Sub-Saharan Africa with the supplies, financing, and training needed to increase crop yields and farm income. Rather than distributing aid, it operates on a credit-based model: farmers receive high-quality agricultural inputs on credit, with flexible repayment terms, and repay once harvests come in. The organisation claims to be one of Africa's largest agricultural service providers.
The model is built around four interlocking services: farm supplies delivered on credit, village-level product distribution timed for planting seasons, practical hands-on training, and ongoing support throughout the growing season. This last-mile delivery approach is designed to reach farmers in areas where commercial agricultural services are typically absent or unreliable.
One Acre Fund currently operates in nine countries - Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Nigeria, Malawi, Uganda, Zambia, and Ethiopia - and reports serving over 5.5 million farmers. Farmers served reportedly double the size of their harvests on average and see farm income increase by roughly 40 percent per year. By 2030, the organisation aims to reach 10 million farm families and deliver $1 billion in annual impact.