Walisha's One Year of Impact

From December 2023, Walisha set out on a path to bring growth, scalability, long-term productivity, profitability and sustainability for smallholder farmers in Rwanda.

A Formidable, Trusted Leadership Team Cultivating the Vision

  • Advisory Board made up of;
    • Distinguished Professors from Cornell’s Brooks School of Public Policy, Cornell’s College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, and Public Policy Professionals.
    • Sustainability Experts
    • Seasoned Economists 

Purposeful Partnerships for Sustainable Change

In one year, Walisha has built partnerships with;

  • The University of Rwanda
  • The Rwanda Agricultural Board
  • A local non-governmental organization
  • Agricultural entrepreneurs
  • Farmer cooperatives 

Together with our partners, we continue to create meaningful, lasting change for the communities we serve.

Training That Reaches Thousands of Farmers

In one year, Walisha has;

4

Developed
Effective
Programs

40

Trained extension officers (who hadn’t received training in more than 20 years)

Who in turn have gone on to work with nearly

3700

farmers

Carried out on-ground visit to assess progress and gain insights directly from farmers.

Equipping The Farmer and Growing the Farm 

Purposed to support from seed to sale, we have equipped farmers with:

Viable Seeds

Knowledge in the latest sustainable agricultural practices 

Effective use of tools

Access to Arable Land

Direct line to market to avoid loss of harvest.

Results on the ground

Developed nearly 20 hectares of wheat, barley and bean crops to pilot irrigation and precision farming technology. 

20

hectares of wheat, barley and bean crops

Our Next Steps

Improve farmers’ ability to store grain

Develop farmer cooperative capacities.

Develop community-owned flour mills

Expand our reach to 15,000 farmers

Expansion into the rest of East Africa

Your support makes all the difference

We’ve done all this in just one year with less than USD 100,000, raised from our founders and goodwill supporters. Imagine how much more we could do with your support? 

Join us to empower Africa's smallholder Farmers. Join us to empower Africa's smallholder Farmers.

Transform their lives and improve food security in Africa.

Let’s make impact together.