First IDH Farmfit Fund investment in smallholder Tilapia farmers in Mozambique
On April 13, 2021, the IDH Farmfit Fund signed an EURO 1.4 million investment deal into Chicoa Fish Farm, a Tilapia farm in Mozambique. The investment – taking the form…
How can data-sharing partnerships enhance access to finance for smallholder farmers?
Access to finance is a key challenge holding back smallholder farmers. This finance gap represents a business opportunity ripe for innovation. Data-sharing partnerships hold the potential for improving access to…
2020 Farmfit Insights Report now live: Smallholder Services Provision as a Viable Business
At IDH we have a vision: Highly productive and inclusive agricultural supply chains that empower African farmers and businesses to self-sufficiency. Through IDH Farmfit we are working towards achieving this…
Charging smallholder farmers for products and services for a stronger sustainable sourcing strategy One of the world’s biggest commodity traders, ECOM, is taking sustainable sourcing to a new level:…
This article was originally published on P-plus in Dutch and was translated by IDH. A fund that reduces the risk of investors, so small tropical farmers can finance their…
IDH Farmfit provides new incentives for financial service providers to step into agricultural finance
Unlocking the USD 200 billion smallholder finance market The Mastercard Foundation Rural and Agricultural Finance Learning Lab (the Lab) and IDH Sustainable Trade Initiative (IDH) have joined forces…
Farmfit – Investing in Inclusive Agribusiness (short)
Farmfit is a game changing private-public initiative set to break the cycle of rural agricultural poverty. By providing data, insights and de-risking finance to banks and businesses, Farmfit enables investment…
IDH launches 30M EUR Farmfit Business Support Facility and 100M EUR Farmfit Fund, backed by Dutch government and US treasury guarantee
Businesses, banks and donors jointly invest in profitable smallholder value chains Today, IDH launches the 100 M EUR IDH Farmfit Fund and 30M EUR IDH Farmfit Business Support facility.
Investing in Inclusive Agribusiness for Sustainable Food Markets
IDH helps businesses understand the conditions that services can be efficiently and cost-effectively provided to smallholder farmers, with a sustainable return on investment. We help partners develop new, inclusive business…