An independent evaluation has found that although the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa has built a more viable business environment for smallholders, outcomes for these farmers were mixed — suggesting that “AGRA did not meet its headline goal of increased incomes and food security for 9 million smallholders.”
AGRA has “worked to enhance smallholder African farmers’ productivity and prosperity” since 2006, the evaluation notes. “In 2017, AGRA launched a five-year strategy called Partnership for Inclusive Agricultural Transformation in Africa,” aiming “to increase incomes and improve food security for 30 million farming households across 11 focus countries by 2021.”
To mark the end of the strategy, the evaluation was initiated by PIATA’s resource partners: the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; the U.K. Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office; The Rockefeller Foundation; the U.S. Agency for International Development; and Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development.