Call to Ease Lending Requirements for Kenyan Farmers
Lenders are urged to relax traditional collateral requirements to improve smallholder farmers' access to credit in Kenya.
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Lenders are urged to relax traditional collateral requirements to improve smallholder farmers' access to credit in Kenya.
The Bank of Agriculture has commenced the distribution of fertiliser and seedlings to 500,000 smallholder farmers across the nation. This initiative aims to enhance food security and improve rural livelihoods.
Grace Mumo is empowering smallholder farmers by encouraging them to start small-scale improved kienyeji poultry ventures, sharing her story and urging a gradual approach.
One Acre Fund Nigeria, a non-governmental organization, has launched its 2026 input delivery program, providing credit support to 88,000 smallholder farmers across Nasarawa, Niger, Kwara, and Plateau states.
Zimbabwe has launched a new financing model designed to provide support and resources to 5,000 smallholder farmers across the country.

Financial and policy stakeholders in Ghana are calling for enhanced collaboration to improve access to credit and social protection for informal sector workers, including traders and smallholder farmers.
The CDAT project in Rwanda is successfully transforming smallholder farmers, enabling them to grow into agribusiness investors.
The Federal Government of Nigeria has supplied fertilisers and other agricultural inputs to 5,642 smallholder farmers in Gombe State, aiming to boost food production in the region.
The Bank of Agriculture (BOA) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have partnered to modernize agricultural financing, enhance food security, and empower smallholder farmers in Nigeria.

Vice President Kashim Shettima has launched the nationwide distribution of over 515,000 bags of fertilizer under the National Agricultural Development Fund (NADF) to benefit smallholder farmers across 25 states and the FCT.
A boom in cocoa production has significantly improved the livelihoods of smallholder farmers in Tanga’s Muheza District, Tanzania.
The Nigerian Federal Government, in collaboration with Leadway Assurance and PULA, has disbursed N396.7 million in insurance claims to smallholder farmers. This initiative aims to support farmers in four states who were affected by climate shocks.
A significant cocoa slump is impacting smallholder farmers in Nigeria, prompting CORI to call for government intervention to prevent poverty and ensure the sector's sustainability.

Smallholder farmers in the Daffiama-Bussie-Issa (DBI) District are set to experience a major agricultural transformation following the commissioning of a newly rehabilitated dam and a solar-powered cold room in the Duang community.
Kwara Central Senator, Saliu Mustapha, has distributed N1.5 billion worth of agricultural inputs to thousands of smallholder farmers to boost food production and security.
The Bank of Agriculture (BOA) in Nigeria is modernizing its operations and expanding rural finance initiatives to empower smallholder farmers and enhance the nation's food security.
Millions of smallholder farmers supplying the UK are facing pressure from climate change and the Iran war, while the British government is overdue in announcing supply chain oversight rules that could provide assistance.
The Nairobi declaration has put a spotlight on the need for innovative financing solutions to empower smallholder farmers across Africa, focusing on improving access to farm credit.
The Nigerian government, in partnership with other organizations, has completed a ₦396 million insurance payout to smallholder farmers in four states to help mitigate climate-related losses.

The World Bank says it has approved a $500 million credit facility for Nigeria through the International Development Association (IDA) to support the implementation of the Nigeria Sustainable Agricultural Value-Chains for Growth (AGROW) project, aiming to boost productivity, support smallholder farmers, and enhance food security in the country.
The device cannot be stolen easily and is ideal for smallholder farmers.