MUSCLE SHOALS, Alabama – “Improved technologies have enabled me to triple my harvest for potatoes, maize and wheat,” said Joseph Gafaranga, who is a Rwandan farmer and executive secretary of Imbaraga-North, an organization of farmers in Africa.
IFDC works with farmers in developing countries and with the agriculture industry to increase crop production through the use of fertilizer.


![Farmers in Kenya spread organic fertilizer, developed by MIT spinout Safi Organics, to help improve the yield of their farmlands. [Safi Organics]](https://ifdc.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/MIT-Safi-Organics-01-press_0-350x240.jpg)

