At GetCare Foundation, we are working toward a clear and urgent goal:
to support between 150,000 and 2 million smallholder farmers across Africa in building more resilient, productive, and market-connected livelihoods.
Across many rural communities, smallholder farmers remain the backbone of food systems. Yet, despite their importance, they often operate within fragmented and under-supported systems — facing persistent challenges related to productivity, market access, organization, and long-term sustainability.
Addressing these challenges requires more than isolated interventions.
It requires structured, scalable systems.
FAHAP: A Platform for Agricultural Transformation
Our work is anchored in the Farming Against Hunger and Poverty (FAHAP) platform — a long-term, systems-based approach designed to strengthen agricultural productivity while enabling inclusive rural economic growth.
Through FAHAP, we integrate multiple components of the agricultural system into a coordinated model:
- Production Stabilisation – improving farm productivity and agronomic practices
- Farmer Organisation – strengthening collective structures and coordination
- Market Integration – linking farmers to reliable and remunerative markets
- Value Chain Development – unlocking opportunities beyond primary production.
These components are not implemented in isolation. They are designed to work together — reinforcing each other to create more stable, resilient, and scalable rural systems.
Early Implementation and Traction
While our ambition is large, the work is already underway.
Through our initial field activities and farmer engagement processes, GetCare Foundation has already reached and engaged over 1,000 smallholder farmers across operational areas. This early traction reflects both the demand for structured support and the viability of our approach at the community level.
These early-stage efforts have focused on farmer registration, field coordination, market engagement, and the groundwork required to build scalable systems. They provide a practical foundation upon which larger-scale implementation can be built.
From Production to Prosperity
Agriculture is not only about production. It is a pathway to livelihoods, resilience, and economic inclusion.
By strengthening both farm-level systems and broader market structures, FAHAP contributes to:
- Increased agricultural productivity
- Improved farmer incomes
- Reliable market participation
- Stronger and more inclusive rural economies
This approach recognizes that poverty reduction is not achieved through single interventions, but through coordinated systems that enable long-term transformation.
Scaling Toward 2 Million Farmers
Our ambition is to progressively scale FAHAP across multiple regions — reaching between 150,000 and 2 million smallholder farmers over time.
This scale is not driven by expansion alone, but by building replicable, adaptable, and partner-driven models that can operate effectively across different contexts.
The opportunity ahead is significant:
to move from fragmented agricultural interventions to integrated rural economic systems capable of delivering impact at scale.
Areas of Collaboration
We are actively engaging partners who are aligned with this systems-based approach to rural transformation. Key areas of collaboration include:
- Research and Impact Evaluation
- Technical and Implementation Support
- Market and Value Chain Partnerships
- Institutional and Policy Engagement
Investment Opportunities
FAHAP presents structured opportunities for investment across different layers of the agricultural system:
- Farm productivity and input systems
- Aggregation and market infrastructure
- Agroforestry and landscape restoration models
- Rural enterprise and value addition
These investment areas are designed to generate both development impact and long-term system sustainability, while creating pathways for scale.
Funding Models
To support implementation and expansion, we are advancing a blended approach to funding, including:
- Grant funding for early-stage system development
- Programmatic partnerships with development agencies and foundations
- Catalytic and blended finance for scale
- Market-linked models to support long-term sustainability
Advancing the Mission
Lifting millions of farmers out of poverty is not a slogan.
It is a long-term commitment — one that requires deliberate action, strong systems, and collaboration at every level.
Through FAHAP, GetCare Foundation is building the foundations for a more productive, inclusive, and resilient agricultural future across Africa.
