How direct to farmer finance providers reach smallholders

Farm finance
This briefing aims to demonstrate how specific products and services can expand the reach of financing for smallholder farmers.
By Laura Goldman, Serena Guarnaschelli, and Dean Segell

This briefing is the sixth in a series by the Initiative for Smallholder Finance, a multi-donor effort designed to demonstrate how specific products and services can expand the reach of financing for smallholder farmers. Initiative activities include targeted market research, product development and testing, and investment facilitation in the smallholder finance market. This study focuses on finance providers that provide financial products and services directly to smallholders, particularly noncommercial smallholders and commercial smallholders operating in loose value chains.