Organizations Filed Purposes:
OUR MISSION IS TO SUPPORT SMALLHOLDER FARMERS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES BY PROVIDING CUSTOMIZED INFORMATION AND SERVICES THAT INCREASE PRODUCTIVITY, PROFITABILITY, AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY.
PRECISION AGRICULTURE FOR DEVELOPMENT IS A US-BASED NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION WITH THE MISSION TO SUPPORT SMALLHOLDER FARMERS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES BY PROVIDING CUSTOMIZED INFORMATION AND SERVICES THAT INCREASE PRODUCTIVITY, PROFITABILITY, AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY. PAD IS WORKING ON A NEW MODEL FOR AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION: REACHING FARMERS WITH PERSONALIZED AGRICULTURAL ADVICE THROUGH THEIR MOBILE PHONES. WE IMPLEMENT THIS MODEL IN COLLABORATION WITH PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS AND GATHER EVIDENCE ON ITS IMPACT. WE AIM TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF 100 MILLION FARMERS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES WITH OUR SERVICES. PAD NOW HAS OPERATIONS IN INDIA, KENYA, PAKISTAN, RWANDA, ETHIOPIA, UGANDA, AND BANGLADESH. THESE OPPORTUNITIES HAVE ALLOWED PAD TO REACH OVER 340,000 FARMERS, BOTH THROUGH OUR OWN SERVICES AND RESEARCH EFFORTS AS WELL AS THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS. PAD MAINTAINS TWO LAB SETTINGS - ONE IN GUJARAT, INDIA AND ONE IN WESTERN KENYA - WHERE WE OFFER DIRECT SERVICES TO FARMERS WHILE EXPERIMENTING, EVALUATING, AND UPGRADING OVER TIME. THESE TWO INITIATIVES INFORM PARTNERSHIPS IN BOTH COUNTRIES AND ELSEWHERE THAT OFFER OPPORTUNITIES FOR SCALING THE APPROACHES THAT HOLD PROMISE FOR COST-EFFECTIVELY DELIVERING IMPACT. WE ARE PLEASED TO BE SUPPORTING THE GOVERNMENTS OF ODISHA (INDIA), PUNJAB (PAKISTAN), AND ETHIOPIA (THROUGH THE AGRICULTURAL TRANSFORMATION AGENCY) TO BUILD, CUSTOMIZE, AND EVALUATE MOBILE PHONE-BASED ADVISORY SYSTEMS THAT THEY OWN AND INTEGRATE INTO THEIR EXISTING PUBLIC EXTENSION INFRASTRUCTURE. WE ARE ALSO SUPPORTING EFFORTS TO DESIGN AND EVALUATE SERVICES WITH ONE ACRE FUND IN BOTH KENYA AND RWANDA, AND SEVERAL PARTNERS ACROSS INDIA.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Heinrich C Baumann | MANAGING DIR./TREASURER | 40 | $219,284 |
| Tomoko Harigaya | DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH | 40 | $132,762 |
| Brian Keefe | SECRETARY / DIR OF FINANCE & OPS | 40 | $112,077 |
| Jonathan Lehe | CHIEF DEV OFFICER & DIR OF NEW PR | 40 | $101,492 |
| Owen Barder | CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER | 40 | $0 |
| Amrita Ahuja | BOARD MEMBER | 2 | $0 |
| Michael R Kremer | BOARD MEMBER | 2 | $0 |
| Daniel C Bjorkegren | BOARD MEMBER | 2 | $0 |
| Shawn A Cole | PRESIDENT | 2 | $0 |
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