What Resourced does

Resourced is a privately held food and agricultural development organization headquartered in Washington D.C., operating a portfolio of donor-funded programs focused on resilient crop breeding, seed systems innovation, and nutrition security across more than a dozen African countries. The company was established around 2017 with the Sall Family Foundation-backed Rich Oats for Africa (ROA) program, which successfully domesticated the ancient Avena magna oat variety from Morocco and released nutrient-rich oat lines in Morocco, Ethiopia, and Nigeria. By 2023, ROA had expanded into the Rich Crops Action Lab (RCAL), broadening scope to barley and wheat and adding Kenya, Tanzania, and Rwanda to the operational footprint.

Resourced organizes its work through three delivery streams: Resourced Solutions (strategic advisory and implementation), Resourced Action Lab (self-designed programs including RCAL for crop breeding and NFAL for fermentation technologies), and Resourced Life (creative/educational division). The technology stack combines accelerated breeding techniques, genotyping-based variety adoption monitoring (IMAGE), regional genetic reference libraries for rice and maize, and AI-powered image analytics integrating genotypic data, crop cut surveys, and satellite imagery (ViSTA). Core technical differentiators include the first successful Avena magna domestication, producing varieties with 2x protein and 2-3x essential minerals versus common oats, and demonstrated yield doubling from 0.9 to 2 tons per hectare in Morocco.

The business model is grant-funded rather than commercial. Revenue derives from multi-year program contracts with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, USAID, the Sall Family Foundation, and the Rockefeller Foundation, supplemented by charitable donations routed through GlobalGiving for initiatives such as the Grain for Good campaign supporting the YAMNA women's cooperative. Go-to-market is multi-modal: direct program implementation with international development organizations, field-partnership networks with local implementing partners and research institutions, and research collaboration with CGIAR centers (IITA, CIP, CIMMYT, IRRI), national agricultural research systems, and academic institutions. Customer segments span implementing partners and NGOs, government agricultural agencies, women-led agricultural cooperatives, smallholder farmers, and STEM educators — with the YAMNA cooperative and NutriDense enterprise cited as named downstream partners in Morocco and Ethiopia respectively.

Name

Resourced

Legal name

Resourced

Website

https://resourced.global

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Resourced is a Washington D.C.-based agricultural development organization that designs and manages donor-funded programs in resilient crop breeding, seed systems, and nutrition across more than 12 African countries, serving smallholder farmers, governments, and implementing partners.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Agricultural Development Services

NAICS

Farm Management Services (115116), Support Activities for Crop Production (11511), Soil Preparation, Planting, and Cultivating (115112)

SIC

Agricultural Services (700), Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731)

akta.pro primary industry

Agriculture & Food Security Development (BPAGABAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Agriculture, Food Security & Nutrition Technical Assistance (BPADAEAG), Resilient Livelihoods & Climate-Smart Food Security (BPADAJAH), Sustainable Agriculture & Food Systems (BPAGAGAI)

Keywords

• Agricultural development programs
• Seed systems development
• Crop variety breeding
• Food security advisory
• Smallholder farmer programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Mahomet

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Development Program Implementation: Resourced receives funding from foundations and government agencies to design and implement agricultural development programs. Programs include multi-year engagements with Gates Foundation, USAID, Sall Family Foundation, and Rockefeller Foundation.
2. Donations and Charitable Contributions: The organization accepts donations for specific campaigns like the YAMNA Grain for Good Campaign, where 100% of donations go directly to support women's cooperatives.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Resourced designs and implements multi-year food and agricultural development programs focused on resilient crops and seed systems across Africa. The organization operates as an implementation partner and strategic advisor, running programs that accelerate crop breeding (Rich Oats for Africa/RCAL), establish monitoring systems (IMAGE, ViSTA), build seed systems (BASICS, YIIFSWA, PROSSIVA, EGS), and develop markets for smallholder farmers. Core offerings span three delivery streams: Resourced Solutions (consulting and program management), Resourced Action Lab (innovation programs in crop resilience, fermentation), and Resourced Life (education and community engagement).

Product overview

Resourced is a food and agricultural development organization offering a portfolio of programs and initiatives rather than a unified software product. The core offerings include three delivery streams: Resourced Solutions (strategic consulting and implementation), Resourced Action Lab (self-designed programs including RCAL for crop breeding and NFAL for fermentation technologies), and Resourced Life (creative/educational division). The organization manages over 15 distinct programs addressing seed systems, crop breeding, market development, and nutrition across Africa, including ROA, RCAL, NFAL, IMAGE, BASICS, SMS, YIIFSWA, RAPID, EFC, SMIA, ViSTA, PROSSIVA, and EGS. Programs like YAMNA Women's Cooperative demonstrate on-the-ground impact, while initiatives like the Carver Challenge engage communities. The portfolio spans accelerated breeding of nutrient-rich crops, seed system development, fermentation technology incubation, and monitoring/analytics for varietal adoption.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Rare Plant Partnership (RPP): A partnership between Resourced and General Mills, Inc. aimed at discovering, domesticating, and reintroducing ancient, nutrient-rich plants into national crop breeding programs.
• Rich Crops Action Lab (RCAL)
• Novel Fermentation Action Lab (NFAL)

Products and services

• Resourced Solutions Strategic advisory and implementation service stream that bridges private and public sectors to tackle systemic challenges in food and agricultural development, serving as both an implementation partner and strategic advisor for international development organizations and governments.
• RCAL (Rich Crops Action Lab) An action lab platform that fosters innovation to deliver resilient, nutritious crops through accelerated breeding, technical assistance, seed systems development, and market development for oats, barley, and wheat across Africa. Aims to reach 20,000 smallholder farmers and 170,000+ consumers by 2027.
• NFAL (Novel Fermentation Action Lab) A platform that pioneers innovative solutions to food system challenges using microbial technologies, identifying and incubating novel fermentation technologies for affordable and nutritious ingredients in sub-Saharan Africa, funded by the Rockefeller Foundation.
• IMAGE (Institutionalizing Monitoring of Crop Variety Adoption using Genotyping) A six-year program that establishes routine monitoring of improved variety adoption and turnover using genotyping across Nigeria, Tanzania, and Ethiopia, enabling national leadership to track crop varieties and seed system performance.
• BASICS (Building an Economically Sustainable, Integrated Seed System for Cassava in Nigeria) A four-year program that sustainably improves farmers' access to high-quality and affordable cassava planting materials through the development and promotion of commercial models for seed provision, including the Processor Led Model in Nigeria.
• SMS (Sorghum and Millet in the Sahel) A pilot program focused on realizing agricultural productivity gains for smallholder farmers growing sorghum and pearl millet in the Sahelian zones of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Nigeria.
• YIIFSWA-II (Yam Improvement for Income and Food Security in West Africa) A Gates Foundation-funded program aimed at transforming the formal yam seed system in Nigeria and Ghana through a private-sector-led approach that delivers competitively priced, high-quality seed tubers to farmers, led by IITA.
• RAPID (RTB Accelerator for Rapid Propagation Innovations and Distribution of Seeds) An accelerator program that pilots and tests market potential for innovative seed multiplication technologies and distribution models to improve smallholder farmer access to higher-yielding, disease-resistant banana varieties in the Great Lakes region of Africa.
• EFC (Euglena-Fortified Cassava Foods) A program designing the introduction of euglena-based ingredients and food products into Nigeria to increase food security, reduce malnutrition, and improve the climate impact of food production using innovative cellular food solutions, in partnership with Noblegen.
• SMIA (Seed Marketing Innovations for Africa) A program generating evidence on the effectiveness of innovative marketing tools and strategies that increase the adoption of new seed varieties and varietal turnover in Africa, implemented in Kenya and Uganda from 2023 to 2025.
• ViSTA (Varietal Intelligence for Seed Targeting and Adoption) A 2.5-year program enhancing the readiness, quality, and targeted deployment of breakthrough cereal varieties through integrated varietal intelligence using scalable genotyping, AI-powered analytics, and integrated monitoring innovations.
• PROSSIVA (Program for Seed System Innovation for Vegetatively-Propagated Crops in Africa) A Gates Foundation-funded program that enhances the efficiency, productivity, and profitability of vegetatively-propagated crop (VPC) seed systems including yam, banana, sweet potato, and cassava in Ghana, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda through research and innovations.
• EGS (Early Generation Seed System) A partnership project between USAID and BMGF that explores how public-private models are essential for making seed systems work by examining operational, financial, and organization dynamics of ten EGS systems across various crops and regions.
• ROA (Rich Oats for Africa) A 6-year program (2017-2023) that developed and released nutrient-rich oat varieties from the domestication of Avena magna, focusing on Morocco, Ethiopia, and Nigeria to address acute nutritional needs through culturally relevant oat-based foods. Doubled crop yields from 0.9 to 2 tons per hectare.
• Carver Challenge A community initiative connecting students with food challenges, using real scientific tools including the Crop Crate System for genetic experiments, reaching 20,000 STEM teachers, 2 million students, and producing 100 student innovations across America.

Quantifiable outcome

• Crop yields more than doubled from 0.9 to 2 tons per hectare in Morocco through Rich Oat varieties
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

32 partnerships are on record, tiered core, key and supporting.

• Embrapa (Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGovernment research partner working on sustainable agricultural development through research, development, and innovation.
• USDA (United States Department of Agriculture)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGovernment partner providing leadership on food, agriculture, natural resources, rural development, and nutrition based on public policy and effective management.
• TOSCI (Tanzania Official Seed Certification Institute)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGovernment partner controlling and enabling seed quality through variety verification and seed certification.
• National Seed Council NigeriacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGovernment partner transforming Nigeria's seed system into a leading seed industry in Sub-Saharan Africa.
• Self Help AfricakeyStrategic or Co-development PartnerNon-profit partner empowering rural Africa to achieve economic independence through sustainable food production and livelihood development.
• Africa Harvest Biotech FoundationkeyStrategic or Co-development PartnerNon-profit partner disseminating appropriate innovative agricultural technologies and institution approaches through the whole value chain.
• AGRA (Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa)keyStrategic or Co-development PartnerNon-profit partner catalyzing growth of sustainable food systems across Africa by influencing and leveraging partners to build enabling environment.
• IFPRI (International Food Policy Research Institute)keyStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch partner providing research-based policy solutions that sustainably reduce poverty and end hunger and malnutrition.
• IFDC (International Fertilizer Development Center)keyStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner bringing together innovative research, market expertise, and public/private sector partners to identify sustainable solutions for soil and plant nutrition.
• Catholic Relief ServiceskeyImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerNon-profit partner promoting human development by responding to major emergencies, fighting disease and poverty.
• MEDA ( Mennonite Economic Development Associates)keyStrategic or Co-development PartnerNGO partner creating business solutions to poverty.
• SNV Netherlands Development OrganisationkeyStrategic or Co-development PartnerNGO partner alleviating poverty in the most effective and efficient way possible.
• CODIPSA (Cooperativa de Servicios Productivos y Alimenticios)supportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerAgro-industrial company producing and selling value-added products for national and international markets.
• 25-2supportingTechnology or IntegrationPartner accelerating agricultural innovation through advanced analytics and digital technologies.
• NoblegenkeyStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner reinventing future and disrupting conventional practices to rebalance planet and life using microbes and fermentation technology. EFC program partner.
• General MillskeyStrategic or Co-development PartnerBusiness partner supporting thriving farmers and communities while regenerating planetary health. Rare Plant Partnership co-founder.
• Sahel CapitalkeyStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner transforming Africa's agriculture and nutrition landscape through tailored, innovative and market-based research and advisory services.
• Agricultural Growers Association FoundationsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner building awareness, understanding, and positive public perception of agriculture through education.
• IRRI (International Rice Research Institute)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch partner improving health and welfare of rice farmers, promoting environmental sustainability, supporting women and youth in rice industry.
• North Carolina State UniversitykeyStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partner promoting integrated approach to problem solving that transforms lives and provides leadership for social, economic, and technological development.
• NARO Uganda (National Agricultural Research Organisation)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch partner innovating for sustainable agricultural transformation in Uganda.
• TARI Tanzania (Tanzania Agricultural Research Institute)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch partner generating and promoting application of knowledge, innovation and agricultural technologies.
• University of SaskatchewankeyStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partner serving the public good through discovery, teaching, and outreach, preparing students as global citizens.
• University of Arkansas System Division of AgriculturekeyStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partner strengthening agriculture, communities, and families by connecting trusted research to adoption of best practices.
• CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers, and BananascoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch partner harnessing untapped potential of root and tuber crops to improve food security, nutrition, and climate resilience.
• CIP (International Potato Center)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch partner increasing and sharing benefits of root and tuber crops through equitable partnerships and science-based innovations.
• Fera Science LtdsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch partner delivering integrated, industry-facing products and services that improve productivity, efficiency and sustainability across the agri-food chain.
• CSIR Ghana (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research)keyStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch partner creating Science and Technology catalysts for public and private wealth creation in Ghana.
• IITA (International Institute of Tropical Agriculture)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch partner facilitating agricultural solutions to hunger, poverty, and natural resource degradation throughout sub-Saharan Africa. Lead for YIIFSWA-II program.
• CIMMYT (International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch partner providing science and innovation for a food and nutrition secure world.
• EIAR Ethiopia (Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch partner improving livelihood of all Ethiopians engaged in agriculture through market competitive agricultural technologies.
• GlobalGivingkeyChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorTrusted partner platform for customizing donations for the Grain for Good campaign supporting YAMNA cooperative.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• One Acre Fund: One Acre Fund provides smallholder farmers with financing, training, and inputs to increase farm productivity. Comparable in targeting the same smallholder farmer segment in Africa with a mix of agronomic advisory and market access support.
• TechnoServe: TechnoServe works with enterprising people in the developing world to build competitive farms, businesses, and industries. Comparable as a development organization delivering agricultural value-chain and smallholder-market programs across Africa and emerging markets.
• AGRA (Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa): AGRA catalyzes sustainable food systems across Africa by leveraging partners to build enabling environments for smallholder farmers. Directly comparable as a pan-African agricultural development NGO working on seed systems, farmer productivity, and market access in the same geographies as Resourced.
• HarvestPlus: HarvestPlus leads global biofortification of staple crops to address micronutrient deficiency. Closely comparable to Resourced's Avena magna and RCAL programs, which develop nutrient-rich crop varieties for smallholder adoption in Africa.
• ACDI/VOCA: ACDI/VOCA designs and implements agricultural development and economic growth programs globally. Comparable as a peer implementation partner delivering donor-funded agricultural development, market systems, and food security programming.
• IITA (International Institute of Tropical Agriculture): IITA is a CGIAR research center focused on tropical agriculture in Africa. Directly comparable as a partner and parallel operator delivering improved crop varieties, seed systems, and agronomic innovations across West Africa.
• CIMMYT (International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center): CIMMYT provides science and innovation for maize and wheat-based food systems. Resourced partners with CIMMYT and pursues comparable varietal development and seed-system programs in Eastern and Southern Africa.
• Heifer International: Heifer International works to end hunger and poverty through sustainable, community-based agriculture. Comparable as a development NGO delivering programs across Africa targeting smallholder productivity, nutrition, and market access.
• Self Help Africa: Self Help Africa empowers rural African communities through sustainable agriculture and livelihood development. Directly comparable as both a partner of Resourced and a peer implementing smallholder agricultural programs in overlapping African geographies.
• CIP (International Potato Center): CIP is a CGIAR research center increasing the benefits of root and tuber crops. Comparable as a partner and peer delivering vegetatively-propagated crop innovations across Africa, including yams, sweet potatoes, and cassava that overlap with Resourced's PROSSIVA and BASICS programs.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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