Motive Africa
Long term Impact
For farm families
Motive Africa has unique, multi-year relationships with our farm families. Unlike many organizations and companies that do a one-time training or a one-time sale, Motive Africa is genuinely concerned about the long-term success of our farm families. We focus on two key long-term impacts:
Resilience to climate change: We help farmers build a lasting “resilience shield” around them farms, to protect against shifts in the climate. Through crop insurance, we ensure payouts in the event of erratic weather or crop disease. And through trainings on tree planting, crop diversity, and crop rotation, we help farmers avoid the risks associated with mono-cropping.
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Long-term soil health: We have a robust and growing organizational focus on ensuring the long-term health of our farmers’ soil. This year, we launched a comprehensive longitudinal study to measure the impact of our model on key soil nutrients. The goal of the study is to identify interventions for greater positive impact on soil health, which we will then work to scale-out across our farmer network.
For broader communities
In addition to the impact generated within our individual farm families, over time, our solution also generates broader ripple effects across entire rural communities:
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Elevating next generation of farmers: In the rural communities where we work, the vast majority of youth will enter farming as their primary form of livelihood. By working with entire farm families, Motive Africa is providing youth with the tools, skills, and knowledge to pursue farming as a profit-generating enterprise, and as a swift pathway to self-reliance.
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Elevating employment opportunities: First, our program is implemented by full-time staff
recruited from the communities in which we work, providing career-track positions for
thousands of rural employees. Secondly, as our customers enroll with us year after year, many
graduate along a steady path of economic development: increasing the amount of land they are
planting, launching small businesses, accessing additional forms of credit, and accumulating
additional income. Over the long-term these ‘super farmers’ often become employers
themselves (hiring for labor support on their farms, or help in running their businesses), helping
to increase rural employment opportunities
