From your local mom-and-pop store to innovative start-ups, small businesses are a vital part of our economic fabric. Nowhere is this clearer than in rural communities.

Throughout Africa, Latin America, and Southeast Asia, small and growing agricultural businesses connect remote farmers with incomes, markets, and opportunities that would otherwise be out of reach. But too often, these enterprises lack access to the resources they need to grow.

That’s where Root Capital comes in.

We envision a brighter future

Root Capital partners with small and growing agricultural enterprises to address urgent challenges.

ACCESS TO FINANCE

We reach the most under-served enterprises with critical credit and capacity building.

CLIMATE ACTION

We help rural communities adapt to the existential threat of climate change.

GENDER EQUITY

We help level the playing field for women farmers, employees, and entrepreneurs.

NEXT GENERATION JOBS

We harness the untapped power of the rural youth to build long-term resilience.

We go where others don’t

We work in some of the world’s most economically and environmentally vulnerable places. Places that many lenders consider “too risky.” But these risks—low incomes, high vulnerability to natural disasters, lack of governmental protections—are exactly why these communities need support.

In remote rural areas, farmers operate on razor-thin margins. With only a few acres to cultivate and limited access to markets, they are vulnerable to shocks. But as part of a local agricultural enterprise, they can boost their incomes and invest in long-term resilience.

Central America & Mexico
South America
Sub-Saharan Africa
Southeast Asia

WE’LL ONLY GET THERE TOGETHER

Urgent global challenges require collective action. That’s why we partner with allies across sectors to invest in proven solutions. As a nonprofit, our work relies on the generosity of a variety of philanthropic foundations, corporate funders, government partners, and individual donors—all of whom believe in the transformative power of agricultural enterprises.

The next five years are the most critical time for action. With the right support, agriculture can be a pathway out of poverty and into a brighter future. But only with your help.

Join us today and, together with rural communities, we can reimagine rural resilience.