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Capital alone rarely transforms an agri-SME. Uganda’s Yield Fund tested what happens when patient investment is fused with structured Business Development Services, mobilising UGX 52bn in additional finance and reaching approximately 25,000 outgrower farmers. Here’s what eight years of evidence taught us.

Nearly 100 participants from AMEA’s global network gathered for ALE26 to explore how agri-SMEs can access quality BDS and finance, and how to scale best practice across diverse contexts.

Quality soil data is transforming risk management for smallholder farmers. Watch the replay and explore how standards-aligned advisory is unlocking investment.

We are delighted to welcome Welthungerhilfe Ethiopia as a new Local Member of the AMEA network. Welthungerhilfe is a leading […]

Free BDS doesn’t build markets. AMEA’s Cost Share Pilot in Uganda tested a different approach…

We are delighted to welcome Ramona Angelescu Naqvi to the AMEA team.

Soil health is one of agriculture’s most underutilised risk management tools. In this webinar, Tom Cadogan (Farm Africa) and Peter Moss (Downforce Technologies) explore how soil intelligence and standards-aligned technical assistance can build more climate-resilient BDS ecosystems.

RICEM, in collaboration with the Rwanda Development Board, MIFOTRA, and MINICOM, joined efforts to train Business Development Advisors across the country through a three-tier professional programme designed to empower BDAs with advanced knowledge, practical skills, and professional excellence necessary to effectively support enterprise growth and economic transformation.

What does it take to move farmer organizations from passive aid recipients to active drivers of their own agricultural economies?

Qu’est-ce qui permet aux organisations paysannes de passer du statut de bénéficiaires passifs à celui d’acteurs moteurs de leur propre développement agricole ?

A new AMEA case study comparing 10 all-women and 20 mixed-gender Farmer Producer Organisations across India finds that neither model is universally superior — but that governance-first BDS design builds the kind of stability that market-led approaches can’t retrofit easily.