Première Agence de Microfinance
Cash loan supporting agricultural production or storage.
Product Overview & Scale
- Fsp NamePremière Agence de Microfinance
- Fsp ID102289
- As of Date9/1/14
- CurrencyUSD
- Product NameAgriculture Loan
- CountryBurkina Faso
- Total Clients Bracket<50,000
- Product Clients Bracket10,000- 50,000
- Number of Product Clients11,687
- Percent of Total Clients that are Product Clients43%
- Average Loan Size Per Client175
- Average Loan Size Per Client175
Financial Structure & Pricing
- loan or product structure is flexibleFALSE
- repayment structure is flexibleTRUE
- loan or product term covers growing seasonTRUE
- grace period offeredTRUE
- grace period offered if yes describeinterest bearing grace period of up to 8 months
- group or individual loanGroup
- apr0%
- annualized repayment rate of the product98- 100%
Value Chain Support
- inputs assets services are readily availableFALSE
- inputs assets services are available at time demanded by clientFALSE
- inputs assets services available within reasonable distance of clientFALSE
- inputs assets services are of good qualityFALSE
- informal management services providedTRUE
- informal management services provided if yes describeFinancing available for storage
- formal programs in place for post harvest managementFALSE
- informal linkages exist between clients and buyers producersFALSE
- formal linkages exist between clients and buyers producersFALSE
- guaranteed market opportunities exist for clientsFALSE
Training
- agricultural training available to clientsFALSE
- agricultural training available to clients using formal curriculumFALSE
- multiple agricultural trainings delivered during product cycleFALSE
- organization does quality checks on trainingsFALSE
- financial literacy training takes places yes noFALSE
- classroom theoretical training offered by administering partyFALSE
- training engages clients in participatory learning with additional materialsFALSE
- training is offered in a convenient location for clientsFALSE
Measuring Impact
- regular measurement of farmer yields takes placeFALSE
- formal measurement with strong control groupFALSE
- rct or other academic quality work done to verify resultsFALSE
- measurement of change to profit income or poverty reduction takes placeFALSE
- using methodical process over time to measure changeFALSE