1st Valley Bank

Unsecured loan intended to finance full production farm budget for SHF owning up to max. of 7 hectares.

Product Overview & Scale

  • Fsp Name1st Valley Bank
  • Fsp ID100372
  • As of Date8/31/17
  • CurrencyUSD
  • Product NameAgri-Agra: Supervised Credit Loan
  • CountryPhilippines
  • Total Clients Bracket100,000- 500,000
  • Product Clients Bracket<10,000
  • Number of Product Clients8,655
  • Percent of Total Clients that are Product Clients7%
  • Average Loan Size Per Client1
  • Average Loan Size Per Client1

Financial Structure & Pricing

  • loan or product structure is flexibleTRUE
  • repayment structure is flexibleTRUE
  • loan or product term covers growing seasonTRUE
  • grace period offeredFALSE
  • group or individual loanIndividual
  • apr25%
  • average loan processing time days2
  • if flat rate whyN/A
  • is apr or other transparent pricing communicated to clientsTRUE
  • type of primary insurance productTraditional crop insurance
  • average deposit size22
  • annualized repayment rate of the product<90%

Value Chain Support

  • inputs assets services are readily availableTRUE
  • inputs assets services are available at time demanded by clientTRUE
  • inputs assets services available within reasonable distance of clientTRUE
  • inputs assets services are of good qualityTRUE
  • type of inputs offeredUsable
  • informal management services providedFALSE
  • formal programs in place for post harvest managementTRUE
  • informal linkages exist between clients and buyers producersTRUE
  • formal linkages exist between clients and buyers producersTRUE
  • guaranteed market opportunities exist for clientsTRUE
  • if yes to above do over 50 of clients use the service programFALSE

Training

  • agricultural training available to clientsTRUE
  • agricultural training available to clients using formal curriculumTRUE
  • multiple agricultural trainings delivered during product cycleTRUE
  • organization does quality checks on trainingsFALSE
  • financial literacy training takes places yes noFALSE
  • classroom theoretical training offered by administering partyTRUE
  • training engages clients in participatory learning with additional materialsTRUE
  • training is offered in a convenient location for clientsTRUE

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 placeTRUE
  • using methodical process over time to measure changeTRUE
  • using methodical process over time to measure change if yes describeEach cropping season
  • what type of poverty measurement metric is usedN/A