Our Farmers
72% of the farmers we serve live on less than $3.2 per day. Many of our farmers rely on rainfed agriculture for their livelihoods, making them vulnerable to changing weather patterns that reduce crop yields. These farmers choose to work with us because they can get seeds, fertilizers, and training that increase their productivity and income.
Our Impact
Degas provides smallholder farmers with agricultural inputs, knowledge, and support to increase their productivity and income. With our inclusive approach, 34% of our farmers are women.
* The quantitative figures and farmer voices come from a survey conducted by a third-party evaluator, 60 decibels.
Farmer Voices
Degas’s help has made us get more yield than we used to get from farming. I am ableto take good care of my children withoutneeding to solely depend on my husband."
They [Degas] taught us to tie the chaff and rubbish inour farms to prevent fire from catching it.Hence, when we are going to farm next year wewill let the tractor mix them with the sand.They also introduced us to intercropping and itis really showing good results.
They [Degas] have helped me a lot. You seebefore they came, I wasn't interested infarming maize because I couldn't affordfertilizer. I used to farm only groundnutbut when they came last year and gave methe fertilizer, I could farm and had agood harvest. After paying them back, I still had some bags left to sell and alsoto feed the family.
* The quantitative figures and farmer voices come from a survey conducted by a third-party evaluator, 60 decibels.