Kenyan farmer Krista Omori struggled to feed her five children. She worked the same small plot of land, growing maize as her family had for generations. “She never had any good harvests”, says Fred Maisiba of the One Acre Fund. “The couple of bags she managed to harvest only lasted a short time and after that the family went hungry.”
The One Acre Fund approached Krista and offered help, in the form of a small loan and the opportunity to buy better seed and fertiliser, training in more effective ploughing techniques and advice on when to plant and when to sell. Krista’s harvest from her 1.2 acres grew to nine bags.
