OUR IMPACT

Over the last decade, EFF has reached over 220,000 farming families in terms of increased productivity, knowledge on how to approach farming as a business, market linkages, and farmer organisational capacity. In all its countries of operation, EFF has built linkages with domestic governance structures, traditional leadership and parastatal institutions to make its interventions more effective and long-term.

Our impact can be viewed through the lens of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The development work that EFF invests in sustainable communities helps to realise the following SDGs in Sub-Saharan Africa:

SDG 1: No Poverty

Many of our projects aim to uplift smallholder farmers by improving household income, leading to enhanced health outcomes through increased access to nutritious food, such as the Matsangoni Community Development Activities Project in Kenya.

SDG 2: Zero Hunger

Across various countries, projects focus on boosting productivity and market linkage of essential crops like maize, soybean, cashew, sesame, and groundnut, thereby contributing to food security.

SDG 5: Gender Equality

We champion gender equality through our projects by empowering women-led businesses and fostering gender inclusivity across sectors.

SDG 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

By enhancing productivity and market linkage for smallholder farmers, across country projects foster economic growth and create opportunities for decent work.

SDG 13: Climate Action

Initiatives like the Smart Cashew Project in Mozambique and the World Bank – Zambia Integrated Forest Landscape Project contribute to climate resilience through sustainable agriculture and reforestation efforts.

SDG 17: Partnership for Goals

Collaboration with governments, NGOs, international organisations, and private sector entities is at the heart of the approach to achieve sustainable development goals together.

Agricultural Productivity: Enhance agricultural productivity through sustainable and climate-smart practices, improved access to quality seeds, fertilisers, and modern technologies, and training for small-scale farmers. b. Irrigation and Water Management: Promote water conservation techniques, efficient irrigation systems, and integrated water resource management to ensure a reliable water supply for agriculture. c. Diversification: Encourage crop diversification to enhance food availability and household nutrition by promoting the cultivation of smart food crops and high-value crops for increased income generation. d. Storage and Distribution: Strengthen post-harvest management and improve storage infrastructure to reduce household food losses; and promote efficient aggregation systems for improved inputs distribution and access to markets. e. Market Linkages & Financial Services: Support the establishment or farmer cooperatives/ organisations for effective produce aggregation and market linkages, and provide technical assistance to enable small-scale producers to access domestic and international markets and financial services, fostering income generation and economic growth. f. Skills Training and Capacity Building: Facilitate agronomic training, entrepreneurship development, and business management skills to enhance the capacity of smallholder farmers and communities to generate sustainable incomes.
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