Average Client Agriculture Yield: Smallholder (PI9421)

This metric is intended to capture the average output per hectare per smallholder farmer among an organization's clients.

Organizations should not calculate this metric using aggregate data across all smallholder farmers. Rather, organizations should use smallholder farmer-specific data as noted in the calculation. Organizations should report yield from the most recent harvest and provide details on the unit of measure reporting against (e.g., kilograms per hectare).

This metric could be valuable for organizations that sell inputs (fertilizer, irrigation equipment, etc.) to farmers that help improve yields.

Organizations interested in reporting the yields of famers that were suppliers should report against Average Supplier Agriculture Yield: Smallholder (PI1405).

This metric is multi-dimensional in regards to the five dimensions of impact. In specific contexts, and based on evidence, this metric may serve as a proxy indicator of whether the outcome being sought by an investor or organization is occurring (the WHAT dimension of impact). This metric may also identify a specific the WHO dimension subdimension of impact, which details which stakeholders the investment or enterprise aims to reach with the outcome. This metric may also help clarify how underserved they were prior to the investment. For more on the alignment of IRIS metrics to the five dimensions of impact, see specific guidance document. No single metric is sufficient to understand an impact; rather, metrics are selected as a set across all dimensions of impact. When possible, the selection of metrics to measure and describe the five dimensions should be based on best practice and evidence.