ASKI

Flexible loan product tailored to smallholder clients, with a variable loan term, grace period, and different repayment frequency options. No physical or cash collateral requirement.

Product Overview & Scale

  • Fsp NameASKI
  • Fsp ID100075
  • As of Date12/1/15
  • CurrencyUSD
  • Product NameAgriculture Production Loan
  • CountryPhilippines
  • Total Clients Bracket100,000- 500,000
  • Product Clients Bracket10,000- 50,000
  • Number of Product Clients20,800
  • Percent of Total Clients that are Product Clients16%
  • Average Loan Size Per Client617
  • Average Loan Size Per Client617

Financial Structure & Pricing

  • loan or product structure is flexibleFALSE
  • repayment structure is flexibleTRUE
  • loan or product term covers growing seasonTRUE
  • grace period offeredTRUE
  • group or individual loanBoth
  • apr0%
  • annualized repayment rate of the product95- 98%

Value Chain Support

  • inputs assets services are readily availableTRUE
  • inputs assets services are readily available if yes describeAs part of pilot, AMPC delivers fertilizer directly to clients.
  • inputs assets services are available at time demanded by clientTRUE
  • inputs assets services are available at time demanded by client if yes describeAMPC guarantees the timing.
  • inputs assets services available within reasonable distance of clientTRUE
  • inputs assets services available within reasonable distance of client if yes describeAMPC delivers directly to client.
  • inputs assets services are of good qualityTRUE
  • inputs assets services are of good quality if yes describeAMPC guarantees good quality.
  • type of inputs offeredUsable
  • informal management services providedFALSE
  • formal programs in place for post harvest managementFALSE
  • informal linkages exist between clients and buyers producersFALSE
  • formal linkages exist between clients and buyers producersTRUE
  • formal linkages exist between clients and buyers producers if yes describeAMPC buys harvest from clients receiving in-kind rice loan, consolidates and sells cassava harvest to buyer, and has direct linkages to onion buyers.
  • guaranteed market opportunities exist for clientsFALSE

Training

  • agricultural training available to clientsTRUE
  • agricultural training available to clients if yes describeTechnical training is delivered indirectly by Local Government Units providing extension services to farmers.
  • agricultural training available to clients using formal curriculumTRUE
  • multiple agricultural trainings delivered during product cycleTRUE
  • multiple agricultural trainings delivered during product cycle if yes describeTrainings delivered twice a month or monthly.
  • organization does quality checks on trainingsTRUE
  • 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 clientsTRUE
  • training is offered in a convenient location for clients if yes describeTraining offered in field.

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
  • measurement of change to profit income or poverty reduction takes place if yes describePPI is collected
  • using methodical process over time to measure changeTRUE
  • using methodical process over time to measure change if yes describeCollected at every new loan cycle and analyzed quarterly and anually
  • what type of poverty measurement metric is usedProgress out of Poverty Index (PPI)