Busia 2014 RCT summary
The major purpose of this study was to evaluate the accuracy of our internal M&E when compared to a more rigorous RCT design. Overall, the estimate of the harvest impact from the One Acre Fund program is reasonably consistent compared to what we normally see in our regular M&E in Kenya. The study showed 32 percent increase in revenue corresponding to 31 percent profit improvement, or $91 USD profit improvement for maize in Kenya in 2014. This compares to our internal estimate of 21 percent increase in profit corresponding to $87 USD per farmer for our Kenya program in 2014. (Baseline profit was lower in the RCT study area, resulting in lower dollar impact per percentage point improvement in profit1).