Andrew Youn Featured in Star Tribune
December 28, 2011 by Sally Farhat KassabSkoll Awardee Andrew Youn of One Acre Fund visited his parents in Minnesota for the holidays this week, and the local newspaper wrote a piece about his work in Africa. An excerpt:
“Through One Acre Fund, Youn groups farmers together and provides low-interest loans so they can buy modern commercial seeds in bulk. The organization also provides agriculture education and crop insurance. Participating farmers have had larger and healthier yields of maize, bush beans and sweet potatoes. They keep what they need, sell the rest, pay off their loans and keep any profits.
Last year, the prestigious Skoll Foundation gave One Acre Fund a $765,000 grant. It lauded the nonprofit for helping participating farmers double their profits in a single planting season, and for halving the mortality rate for children age 2 and younger.”
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