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Faulu With Partners To Train 10,000 Farmers

BY Soko Directory Team · March 29, 2022 03:03 pm

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The USAID- KCDMS project Ksh.12.9 million grant will support Faulu to recruit and train staff in the branches tha

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"This partnership will not only allow us to grow our agriculture financing segment but also enable us to train at least 10,000 farmers on how to take loans, grow their revenues, and how to flag off challenges in their farming journey.”

Faulu Bank has entered into a partnership with USAID-funded Feed the Future Kenya Crops and Dairy Market Systems Activity (KCDMS) implemented by RTI International to enhance access to finance for farmers across the country.

The collaboration which targets 12 Counties namely: Migori, Homabay, Kisumu, Kisii, Siaya, Bungoma, Kakamega, Vihiga, Busia, Kitui, Makueni, and Taita Taveta regions aim at supporting the development of sustainable agriculture as an economic engine, an environmentally sound enterprise, and an essential contributor to human health and welfare.

Commenting on the new deal, Faulu Bank Managing Director Apollo Njoroge said, “This partnership will not only allow us to grow our agriculture financing segment but also enable us to train at least 10,000 farmers on how to take loans, grow their revenues, and how to flag off challenges in their farming journey”. “At least Ksh.100 million has been set aside by the bank for agriculture financing and we are ready to extend more financing towards agriculture on a need basis,” said Njoroge.

Besides the training, the USAID- KCDMS project Ksh.12.9 million grant will support Faulu to recruit and training staff in the branches that support agriculture financing as well as credit staff involved in agriculture loan analysis and disbursement.

In his remarks, KCDMS Chief of Party, Dr. Robert Mwadime said, “KCDMS is expanding access to finance and credit by smallholder farmers and SMEs through partnerships with financial and microfinance institutions in Kenya. Faulu Bank is one of our strategic partners in developing innovative credit solutions for smallholders and agricultural enterprises”.

The partnership further seeks to help all individuals, and not only full-time farmers make healthier eating choices or as large-scale as informing policies and programs that affect millions of people.

“KCDMS is currently supporting over 40,000 farmers and MSMEs to access financial literacy training and credit from partners financial and microfinance institutions such as Faulu Bank for investment in inputs, seeds, fertilizer, and equipment. Our partnership with Faulu will see an additional 10,000 farmers benefiting,” said Dr. Mwadime.

According to its 2022 strategic pillars, the bank remains keen on strengthening its play in the counties, where the key economic activities are taking place, by providing the much-needed financial support to improve the capacity of small enterprises to take advantage of unfolding trade opportunities at the devolved level.

Additionally, this partnership looks to integrate the youth and women into the agricultural market system. Young Kenyans represent a large and growing share of the country’s workforce, and with improving educational attainment and advanced digital literacy, they are poised to drive agricultural innovation and transformation.

Some of the expected outcomes of this partnership are increased investment and employment by youth and women within high-return agricultural value chains, improved understanding among young people and women about profitable business opportunities across entire value chains, reducing stigma and misconceptions about entering the agricultural sector, and reduced barriers for youth and women in accessing finance, stimulating investment in production and off-farm enterprises.

Lastly, the partnership hopes to enable customers to achieve lifetime financial goals and experience personalized services for all at the branch level.

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