The Innovative Agri-Finance Challenge Fund Playbook is a collaborative effort by two fund managers and the respective initiatives, INNOVATE and the Mastercard Foundation Fund for Rural Prosperity, to assist challenge
Household-level agricultural decisions take place within the context of intramarital and familial relationships, the larger community, as well as social norms, beliefs, attitudes and livelihood constraints. These factors can encourage
The INNOVATE final synthesis report brings together key results, insights and lessons from the case studies, pilots and cross-cutting research conducted by MEDA and its partners from 2017-2020 – with
Under INNOVATE, World Relief conducted a study to understand the interaction effects between Savings for Life (Village Savings and Loan Association – VSLA program) and Agriculture for Life (Farmer Field
The Innovation wallet learning project was funded through MEDA and jointly implemented by COIN22 and Dodore Kenya, in partnership with the University of Nairobi. Innovation wallet is a non-traditional finance
In Nepal, smallholders are unable to invest in good commercial opportunities due to a lack of agricultural finance. Despite hazards such as erratic weather, drought, flooding, and pest problems —
Bidhaa Sasa is one of the participants of the INNOVATE initiative managed by MEDA which seeks to find practical and non-traditional financial services to scale up the adoption of agricultural
Through INNOVATE, MEDA engaged I-DEV International to implement the project, “Mobile Money & Pay-AsYou-Go (PAYG) Innovation to Scale: AgTech Adoption in the Smallholder Value Chain.” This pilot sought to strengthen farming income
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