The mission of the association, a non-profit organization based in Basel, Switzerland, is to create a world where small-scale farmers, communities, and nature thrive together. It supports small-scale farmers, rural entrepreneurs, and other small agricultural businesses, mainly in developing countries, to introduce innovations that increase their income and resilience, and supports them in increasing the participation of women and young people in rural entrepreneurship and sustainable agriculture, creating productive jobs, managing areas within regenerative or climate-friendly practices, removing carbon, achieving improved water management, and supporting the improvement of biodiversity and nutrition, as well as all other sustainable strategies and environmental improvements.