AGRA works to achieve a food secure and prosperous Africa through the promotion of rapid, sustainable agricultural growth based on smallholder farmers. Smallholders--the majority women--produce most of Africa's food, and do so with minimal resources and little government support. AGRA aims to ensure that smallholders have what they need to succeed: good seeds and healthy soils; access to markets, information, financing, storage and transport; and policies that provide them with comprehensive support. Through developing Africa's high-potential breadbasket areas, while also boosting farm productivity across more challenging environments, AGRA works to transform smallholder agriculture into a highly productive, efficient, sustainable and competitive system, and do so while protecting the environment.

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Faces of the Green Revolution

Dinnah Kapiza

Dinnah Kapiza transformed her used clothing business into a full-line farming supply store in rural Malawi. Opened with an investment equivalent to just US$310, her agro-dealer shop now turns over US36,800 worth of farm supplies every year. Kapiza got her start with the assistance of AGRA grantee the Malawi Agrodealer Strengthening Program. It trains entrepreneurial men and women like Kapiza in business management and provides a steady supply of farm products. Today her shop serves about 600 smallholder farmers within a 15 kilometer radius, selling seeds, farm tools, crop protection products and fertilizer-and dispensing crucial advice. Kapiza is one of thousands of agro-dealers in eleven countries trained through AGRA support and now serving smallholder farmers.

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