AgRIF Coöperatief U.A.
BIO has given € 105 K of Technical Assistance to the AgRIF Coöperatief U.A., the Agriculture and Rural Impulse Fund, a multiregional debt and equity microfinance investment fund.
Amount
€ 105,000.00
Type of investment
Subsidy
Beneficiary locations
Investment field
Investment Companies & Funds
Activity
Financial Institutions Fund
AgRIF (Agricultural and Rural Impulse Fund) is a multiregional debt and equity microfinance investment fund with a specific focus on agricultural and rural outreach. It will be managed by Incofin Investment Management, a Belgian-based microfinance investment company.
The fund will focus on enhancing financial inclusion of the rural population by investing in targeted MFI’s or banks in emerging countries. It will also specifically aim at improving financial inclusion of smallholder farmers, by targeting MFIs and financial institutions that have developed specific agriculture linked loan products and by dedicating a limited part of its strategy towards financing producer organisations and agriculture-focused companies.
Technical Assistance
AgRIF’s Technical Assistance Facility (AgTAF) aims to develop the capacities of the investees and potential investees which can be financial intermediaries, producer organisations and SMEs involved in the agricultural value chain. The specific objective of AgTAF is to increase the outreach and improve the capacity (operational, financial and social) of Partner Institutions in order to support them in providing adequate and sustainable financial models and services targeting the needs of smallholder farmers and rural entrepreneurs.
Impact
Six areas of intervention are foreseen to boost financial, operational and social performance of key service providers and share best practices:
- Product development and support to greenfield interventions
- Promoting innovative delivery channels
- Enhancing risk management and risk mitigation measures with a specific focus on agro-finance
- Enhancing the financial and strategic performance of Producer Organisations (POs), Agricultural Value Chain (AVC) SMEs and other AVC actors
- Enhancing social and environmental performance and good governance
- Fostering knowledge sharing
It is expected that (1) product development and (2) promoting innovative delivery channels will be the two most important components and are expected to absorb 50% of the total budget.
Made possible through this investment
Sohan Lal Commodity Management Pvt Ltd
India, Myanmar
Established in 2004, Sohan Lal Commodity Management (popularly known as SLCM group) is a post‐harvest agri‐logistics company that offers a diversified range of products & services to the target segment‐ farmers, processors, millers, traders, etc., and provides a one‐stop solution from warehouse management to agri‐financing and collateral management. SLCM group has operations in India and Myanmar, and has four subsidiaries that specialize in businesses across agri‐value chain namely procurement, commodity warehousing, agrifinance & collateral management.
Save Solutions Pvt Ltd
India
SAVE is one of the Top 3 Banking Business Correspondent in India. The company reaches out to 18 million unbanked clients providing comprehensive banking transaction services through a network of over 8,500 Kiosks spread across 350 districts & 30 States in India with a dedicated focus on the rural areas.
SAVE has two fully-owned subsidiaries predominantly for the rural lending business. One of the subsidiary finance companies focusses on funding rural entrepreneurs and micro small and medium enterprises. The second subsidiary finance company provides microfinance loans to rural women in tier 2/3 locations.
Fairassets Technologies India Pvt Ltd
India
India’s first regulated NBFC‐P2P marketplace, Faircent provides a robust lending platform to its Indian borrowers and lenders. Innovative credit technology and analytics is the core competency of its business model that enables transparent and faster processing, driving a reduction in borrowing costs and offering attractive interest rates to both borrowers and lenders while challenging the status‐quo of the financial sector.
Rent2Own
Myanmar
Promoting rural employability and improvement of living standards through the provision of adequate, affordable and transparent renting services to low income population in Myanmar.
Fundeser
Nicaragua
Financiera Fundeser is a regulated financial institution (NBFI) operating in Nicaragua with 75% of its portfolio located in rural areas and 60% allocated to agriculture and cattle breeding. Financiera Fundeser is the spin-off of Fundación Fundeser and was launched by the NGO and 3 international institutional investors.
Light Microfinance Pvt Ltd
India
Light is a microfinance institution that provides micro-credit services to under‐privileged women in rural geographies via Joint Liability Group (JLG) Grameen model. It has branches across Gujarat, Rajasthan, and Madhya Pradesh.
Light is focused towards its micro‐credit business and follows the Joint Liability Group (JLG) model for risk mitigation.
KWMB
Kenya
Sumac Microfinance Bank
Kenya
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