One Acre Fund currently operates in 12 districts across Kenya and Rwanda. In addition to the statistics below, we also have a detailed map of our points of service.
Kenya
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- Located in East Africa – bordered by Sudan (north), Ethiopia (north), Somalia and Indian Ocean (east), Tanzania (south), Uganda (west)
- Population: 34.7M people
- Official languages: English and Kiswahili, although many local dialects are spoken (for example, OAF’s farmers speak Kibukusu)
- Life expectancy: 49 years
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KENYA DISTRICT STATISTICS
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Site
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Farmers and Staff
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Founded
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Bungoma (HQ,
experiments)
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2,810 farmers, 67 staff
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January 2006
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Kakamega
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7,150 farmers, 65 staff
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July 2007
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Webuye
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6,666 farmers, 66 staff
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July 2008
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Chwele
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6,384 farmers, 61 staff
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July 2008
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Rachuonyo
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3,924 farmers, 34 staff
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July 2009
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Butere
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1,410 farmers, 16 staff
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July 2010
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Rwanda
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- Located in East Africa – small landlocked country in the Great Lakes region of east-central Africa, bordered by Uganda, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tanzania
- Population: 9M people, Rwanda supports the densest population in continental Africa, with most of the population engaged in subsistence agriculture
- Official languages: Kinyarwanda, French, English
- Life expectancy: 42 years
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RWANDA DISTRICT STATISTICS
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Site
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Farmers and Staff
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Founded
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Nyamasheke
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14,607 farmers, 138 staff
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July 2007
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Rusizi
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15,146 farmers, 144 staff
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July 2008
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Karong
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11,694 farmers, 105 staff
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July 2009
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Rutsiro
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2,056 farmers, 32 staff
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July 2010
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Huye
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1,716 farmers, 14 staff
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July 2011
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Bugarama
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1,723 farmers, 14 staff
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July 2011
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Updated: December 7, 2011
