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This in-depth case study profiles five investees of the Gatsby-supported private equity fund African Agricultural Capital. It seeks to evaluate the direct impact of the investments on the investee companies and their employees, suppliers and customers.
This brochure presents the headline findings from the Tanzanian pilot of the Agricultural Finance Markets Scoping research tool, developed by Gatsby and partners in order to map the supply and demand of agricultural finance at a national level.
Over a 15 year period from 1993 we funded a variety of projects addressing declining banana yields in Africa through research into diseases; the multiplication and distribution of improved varieties; farmer training; and the development of transgenic plants with disease-resistance. This two-page summary details the projects and their impact.
In 1993 we funded the research partnership which developed a natural science-based technology that protects maize from attacks by the parasitic weed Striga and stemborer moths. This two-page summary details the programme and lessons learned.
We funded the research partnership which developed “push-pull” – a natural science-based technology which protects maize from pests and weeds. This 36-page paper describes the model, details uptake and impact, and outlines the challenges ahead.
Between 1985 and 2005 we funded multiple projects to speed up the dissemination of improved cassava varieties in six African countries. These allowed smallholders to adopt improved varieties on an unprecedented scaled in East Africa. This two-page summary details the projects and the lessons learned.
