Research Insights from Six Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa
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From August 2024 to November 2025, One Acre Fund worked with research organizations Ravel and Here I Am Studios, and Busara Global to better understand the experiences of youth farmers across Burundi, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda. These research partners brought deep experience engaging rural communities across Africa. Through conversations with hundreds of young women and men, as well as their families and community leaders, the research explored the barriers, motivations, and opportunities shaping youth participation in agriculture. This work was supported through One Acre Fund’s five-year partnership with the Mastercard Foundation, which aims to reach and empower 1.2 million youth and young women in farming households by 2029.
This memo summarizes the most actionable findings from that research. It highlights five key insights and practical recommendations across three opportunity areas to help agricultural programs better engage and support rural youth, especially young women.
