Creating Economic Opportunities
Where it Matters the Most
Every year, we invest in thousands of smallholder farmers, particularly youth and women in the most rural and underserved communities, enabling them to grow their harvests, increase their income earnings, and sustain their livelihood.
De-risking Youth Farmers
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We organize smallholder farmers into agribusiness clubs.
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We build the capacity of smallholder farmers to engage in profitable and scalable agriculture business.
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We provide access to technology powered support infrastructure to deliver essential services to smallholder farmers.
Financing Youth Farmers
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We organize smallholder farmers into community-driven savings and lending groups that offer collective savings and microloans, enabling them to meet their production needs.
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We provide smallholder farmers with affordable and flexible loans for inputs, equipment/tools and working capital to boost their productivity and increase their incomes and improve livelihoods.
Our Impact
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K
PEOPLE IMPACTED
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FARMING INPUT ACCESS
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RETURN ON INVESTMENT
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%
WOMEN PARTICIPATION
Hear From Our Community
Anna Bjerde: World Bank Managing Director for Operations
“I like this partnership so much because it takes off with ideas that come from the communities themselves,”
Mara K Warwick: Work Bank Country Director
“The most impressive thing is to see so many young people working together with such passion, creating jobs for themselves and making sure they can develop their own business,”
Dr. Saulos Klaus Chilima: Late Vice President of Malawi
“Malawi needs more stories like ACADES to tell the world,”
Sam Kawale: Minister of Agriculture-Malawi
"They started from scratch and created employment opportunities for others!"
Naomi Nyanchama: Village HopeCore International Director
“From $1.1 to $3 a day per family – a remarkable uplift in livelihood!”
Robert Kalyesubula: Access Uganda President
“What I have seen here is innovation. finding solutions from within.”
Modrick Nhlema: District Youth Officer-Mchinji
“The economic sustenance of young people has actually improved in my district,”
GVH Kankhande: Traditional Leader
“ACADES has provided soybean market for us. Even non-ACADES farmers are also accessing this market,”
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