LIA-Series
Yield Fund Uganda Case Study
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.
Uganda Cost Share Learning Brief
Free BDS doesn’t build markets. AMEA’s Cost Share Pilot in Uganda tested a different approach…
How PASDeR 3 has transformed agricultural unions in Benin
What does it take to move farmer organizations from passive aid recipients to active drivers of their own agricultural economies?
Comment le PASDeR 3 transforme les organisations socio-professionnelles au Bénin
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 ?
NAFPO Grameen India Gender Responsive LIA Case Study
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.
BICHOBS Tanzania Horticulture LIA Case Study
Rikolto’s BICHOBS project reached nearly 28,400 farmers across Tanzania’s Southern Highlands. AMEA’s latest Learning into Action case study unpacks what worked, what didn’t, and what it means for scaling BDS market systems.
The 2SCALE Ethiopia KMFCU Public-private partnership
Over three years, Ethiopia’s Agricultural Transformation Institute (ATI) achieved a breakthrough in business development services delivery—creating a tiered BDS model that generated exceptional returns while reaching over 1,200 agri-SMEs across four regions and twelve value chains.
ATI Agrihub – Scaling Agri-BDS in Ethiopia
Over three years, Ethiopia’s Agricultural Transformation Institute (ATI) achieved a breakthrough in business development services delivery—creating a tiered BDS model that generated exceptional returns while reaching over 1,200 agri-SMEs across four regions and twelve value chains. With an 18:1 ROI on revenue increases and 84:1 ROI on capital mobilized, the ATI AgriHub program demonstrates how strategic segmentation and diagnostic-led approaches can revolutionize SME support systems, delivering ETB 3.16 billion in finance access while creating sustainable employment across Ethiopia’s agricultural sector.
Scaling Agri-BDS in the Ethiopian Barley Value Chain (Case Study)
A new AMEA-supported case study reveals how innovative approaches can unlock over $4 million in agricultural credit while achieving 95% repayment rates.
Agriculture in West Africa faces a persistent challenge: smallholder farmers struggle to access the financial services they need to grow their businesses and improve their livelihoods. In Benin, this reality has kept countless producers trapped in cycles of low productivity and limited market access.