Impact

What the work adds up to

Numbers mean little without definitions. Here is what we count, as of when, and how.

127,480

farmers trained

Farmers who attended physical AFarmers training sessions.

61,890

jobs created by trained farmers

Casual and permanent jobs reported by farmers who attended training.

487,332

Africa Farmers Club members

Members of the Africa Farmers Club Facebook group.

6,192,471

people reached by AFarmers Media

Reach across AFarmers Media channels.

The fields behind the numbers

Farmers gathered at an AFarmers field day in a vegetable fieldAFarmers team at a GuardIN natural elephant repellent community event with WildAidGrapes ripening on the vine inside a greenhouseA hand holding a ripe bunch of grapesPapaya fruits clustered on the treePapaya fruit cluster hanging from the trunkRows of leafy greens in a vegetable fieldA pile of freshly harvested yellow maize cobsClose-up of a zucchini squash on the vineClose-up of a squash plant in the field

What drives us

Food and Nutrition Security

Training and information that help farmers grow more, waste less and feed their households and markets reliably.

Climate Smart Agriculture

Practices that help farmers cope with erratic rains and protect soil and water for the next season.

Digital Extension Services

Using the Club, the shows and mobile tools to put extension knowledge within reach of farmers who have a phone but no extension officer.

Comparison of cracked dry soil and healthy soilHealthy soil full of earthworms beside poor soilCompost-rich soil with earthworms held in a hand

Soil health is where climate-smart practice starts - from our field posts.

Programmes

Programmes on the ground

Artist's impression of the planned AFarmers Training and Resource Center

In development

AFarmers Training and Resource Center

A dedicated training and resource centre that broke ground in 2022-2023. The image shown is an artist's impression - the centre is not yet open.

An onion field fitted with drip irrigation lines

Ongoing

Satellite Farmer Program

A supported group of farmers applying AFarmers training on their own farms and feeding results back to the community.

Rows of tree seedlings in a nursery field

Ongoing

Seedlings Propagation Unit

Raising quality seedlings for farmers, starting with tomato varieties grown at Athi River.

AFarmers infographic on invasive Ipomoea plants in Kajiado County

Ongoing

Jua Daktari Wako

A farmer advisory programme run with the Kajiado County Department of Agriculture, connecting farmers to extension officers.

A social media post showing a Molo farmer's carrot harvest priced at KSh 700

Ongoing

Farmer chatbot

A chatbot for Kenyan farmers first built in 2011 to answer common farming questions.

Global goals

Where the work meets the SDGs

2Zero Hunger
8Decent Work and Economic Growth
13Climate Action

UN Sustainable Development Goals, shown under the UN's usage guidelines.

In the media

Where the work has been covered

  • Facebook newsroom - Growing a Farming Community Across Africa (2020)
  • Food Tank - Feature on the Africa Farmers Club founder (2019)
  • Global Landscapes Forum - GLF Nairobi 2023 speaker - smallholder supply chains (2023)
  • Devex - Organisation profile - Africa Farmers Club (AFFAC) (listed)
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