618,000
The Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) works with 618,000 farmers.
500,000
Almost 500,000 people are using rural infrastructure constructed by AKF and partners.
97,000
Over 97,000 hectares of land are under improved management with AKF’s help.
618,000
The Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) works with 618,000 farmers.
Nick Mlowe: Driving progress for Mtwara’s poorest farmers
In 2017, the Aga Khan Foundation’s (AKF) farm livelihoods and natural resources management interventions benefitted over one million people worldwide. In Tan...
500,000
Almost 500,000 people are using rural infrastructure constructed by AKF and partners.
Kitchen gardens in Upper Egypt empower women and improve children’s diets
In Upper Egypt, where women have little access to resources or opportunity to work outside the home, the Om Habibeh Foundation – a part of the Aga Khan Found...
97,000
Over 97,000 hectares of land are under improved management with AKF’s help.
Raising Food Security: The AKDN in Madagascar
About 60% of people in low-income countries are “food insecure”. In Madagascar, one of the poorest countries in the world, some families eat only one meal a ...
His Highness the Aga Khan
Dushanbe, August 2003
Focused on Agriculture and Food Security
AKF-supported greenhouse, Bartang Valley, Tajikistan.
AKDN / Christopher Wilton-Steer
Our main pillars include:
Now in their sixth decade, these programmes are also addressing the emerging challenges of rapidly changing demography, climate change and unpredictable geopolitical circumstances.
Agriculture remains the single largest employer in the world, providing livelihoods for 28 percent of today’s global population. Small farms worldwide provide up to 80 percent of food consumed in Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. However, 820 million people worldwide still lack regular access to adequate amounts of food. The changing climate is impacting many farmers.
Boosting agricultural yields in food-scarce areas is at the centre of the Aga Khan Foundation’s (AKF) activities. We aim to provide enduring solutions to chronic or emerging issues. For example, we are mindful of gender equity throughout our activities. It is estimated that eliminating the gender gap would lower the number of undernourished people in the world by 150 million.
Our integrated agriculture, livestock and forestry interventions help to improve food security. We provide technical assistance to farmers and others, encouraging regenerative, carbon-neutral and organic farming, household production of inputs, self-reliance, high-quality food production and improved processing and storage. We also support targeted household-level nutrition and food education.
With a focus on including women and youth, and on equitable resource management, we strengthen the capacity of farming communities to build sustainable and resilient livelihoods. We use community structures such as savings groups and farmers’ associations to support financial literacy, economic inclusion and market integration for value chain development.
We help communities to establish and maintain critical infrastructure for transport, irrigation, processing and storage.
The Institution of Public Policy and Administration contributes to sound policy and administration in the region. Its research includes topics such as enhancing the productivity and efficiency of the livestock and dairy sector.
Researchers at the Mountain Societies Research Institute study complex earth surface and environmental processes, sharing their knowledge with mountain stakeholders. Projects have included wild fruit species conservation, the identification of drought-surviving beans, sustainable forest use and water resource management.
Didier Van Bignoot, Global Advisor on Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security, Aga Khan Foundation
WHERE WE WORK
AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SECURITY