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A matching-grant formula for financing groups to set up small-scale productive enterprises

Inclusive rural finance and capacity development through knowledge-sharing and practical demonstrations by beneficiaries.

The Marketing Infrastructure, Value Addition and Rural Finance Support Programme (MIVARF) is a seven-year programme aimed at supporting sustainable and profitable links between smallholders and markets in Tanzania. Through the 4Ps approach, the programme organizes smallholder producers into groups and cooperatives, teaching negotiation skills and building trust to reduce transaction costs with private investors.

The Agri-Entrepreneurs Model by Syngenta Foundation incentivizes youth to play an active role in their region’s agricultural development. An agri-entrepreneur (AE) brings together services such as access to credit, market linkages, high-quality inputs and crop advice for a cluster of 150-200 farmers. The model is currently active across 16 states in India. With over 40 partner organizations, the programme has stitched together a robust ecosystem to support smallholders.

A tool to help smallholder farmers avoid devastating financial losses.

Providing safe and innovative bioherbicide, designed by and for smallholders.

The automated credit-scoring system allows smallholder farmers to more easily access loans. The system enables savings and credit cooperative societies (SACCOs) and farmers’ organizations to access in real time farmers’ historical financial data and better determine their creditworthiness.  So far, Amtech has reached 89,000 farmers, one-third of the farmers they have in their database. Amtech plans to mobilize the other two-thirds over the next two years.

Ten years ago, community-based breeding programmes appeared as a pioneer solution for improving the genes of sheep and goat in low-input systems. CBBPs focus on building local capacity by training farmers, leading to sustained genetic improvement of indigenous breeds. The solution has made economically important genes more common, increased farmers’ income by 20 per cent and helped the community triple their consumption of animal source foods.

Building food security with an agribusiness e-finance system.

Promoting sales of agricultural products through a web platform to transform local ressources and increase employment — Shuyang Case

Enabling the Malian diaspora to lend small amounts in support of micro-entrepreneurs in Mali.

Enabling grass-roots agricultural extension workers to acquire timely information and knowledge in China

Addressing an essential need of the fish vending women: credit at a reasonable rate of interest.

Collective planning and action results in more ownership, better skills and higher incomes.

Helping salt farmers improve their livelihoods through solar pumps

Offering financial services through post offices in remote areas.

Facilitating smallholders' access to working capital to improve food and income security.

Empowering women through better access to agricultural tools.

A new way to access collateral for loans.

Giving entrepreneurs the skills and tools to build their ideas into businesses.

Technology and training connect farmers with resources for business growth.

A collective approach to commercializing small-scale agriculture.

Supporting fishing communities against exploitative creditors.

Diaspora communities act as powerful agents of development for their country.