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Annual Review 2023

Farm Africa is a UK-registered international charity working with smallholder farmers and small businesses across eastern Africa to unlock the transformative potential of sustainable agriculture. In 2023, the charity reached 612,441 people across five countries, launched three of its largest-ever programmes, and supported nearly 189,000 farmers to improve their production practices. Work spans agroforestry, forest conservation, market linkage, refugee enterprise and women's economic empowerment, with 87% of expenditure going directly to charitable activities.

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About

Sustainable agriculture and agroforestry; smallholder farmer market linkage; forest conservation and biodiversity; refugee entrepreneurship support; women's economic empowerment; food security; climate resilience; Waitrose Foundation supply chain work

Key Metrics

Key Metric 1 612,441 people reached across Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and DR Congo in 2023
Key Metric 2 188,921 farmers supported to enhance their production practices across 12 projects
Key Metric 3 319,101 people supported to improve their resilience to climate change across 19 projects

Key Outcomes

  • Three largest-ever programmes launched in 2023: $20m aquaculture and mariculture project with Mastercard Foundation in Kenya; four-year forest conservation programme in Ethiopia with Sida; four-year food security programme in Tanzania with SNV targeting 168,000 households
  • 208 Farmer Service Centres established in Tanzania connecting 70,596 smallholder farmers to markets; women in leadership positions increased from 25% to 41%
  • 87% of expenditure spent on charitable activities; 'Food & Beverage Charity Partnership of the Year' award at Third Sector Business Charity Awards for Waitrose Foundation work

Geography

International

Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
5,999 active volunteers contributed 776,242 hours in 2025/26
Key Metric 2
137 winter maintenance projects across 45 canals; 109 lock gates replaced
Key Metric 3
101,640 children participated in Explorers/STEM outdoor learning, including 67,896 water-safety participants
Over 80% of the network kept fully open despite drought.
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The Eco-Schools programme reached over 1.4 million pupils, with 2,162 schools awarded the Eco-Schools Green Flag in 2024/25
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326,000 volunteers pledged to the Great British Spring Clean, picking up 425,626 bags of rubbish, supported by 288 local authorities and parish councils
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2,227 Green Flag Awards given to parks and green spaces in the UK; 151 beaches given a Blue Flag and/or Seaside Award
98.3% of educators felt the Eco-Schools programme significantly supports young people's development of 'green skills'
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First known breeding success of spoonbills in the Norfolk Broads in around 400 years, recorded at Hickling Broads and Marshes
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Over 60 nature reserves managed across Norfolk, with land owned or managed for wildlife exceeding 5,000 hectares
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1,500 volunteers helped protect wildlife across the county during the year
New urban nature reserve co-designed with the local community, expanding accessible green space in Norfolk
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61,819 native oysters deployed across UK restoration projects in 2024/25
Key Metric 2
15,064 people participated in the Beachwatch beach clean programme, submitting 1,256 litter surveys — the highest in the programme's 31-year history
Key Metric 3
17,613 young people engaged through in-person or online youth programme sessions
£11.5 billion Ofwat investment package secured for storm overflow cuts in England and Wales following sustained MCS advocacy