Results in Access to Finance Number of cooperatives and/or (starting/growing) agri-businesses provided with financial services Number of targeted cooperatives that access commercial loans for the first time Tools and Financial products developed Payback rate for cooperatives accessed loans for the first time 108 31 4 100% All mature cooperatives accessed finance and the remaining cooperatives got follow up assistance to access finance in the future. The credit assessment tools; such as the Cooperative Assessment Matrix (CAM) tool for assessing cooperatives and the Agri-Credit Assessment Tool for agri-loans were well received and the MFIs are interested to mainstream this product. Cooperatives are interested in a variety of new loan products ranging from solidarity groups through cooperatives, agri-investment loans for members, marketing loans and leasing products. This would call for product development beyond the scope of the programme. 31
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