One Acre Fund Uganda

Maize seed and fertiliser loan and Client Support Bundle (funeral assistance and training).

Product Overview & Scale

  • Fsp NameOne Acre Fund Uganda
  • Fsp ID178369
  • As of Date3/22/19
  • CurrencyUSD
  • Product NameOne Acre Fund Uganda Core Program
  • CountryUganda
  • Total Clients Bracket<50,000
  • Product Clients Bracket<10,000
  • Number of Product Clients5,066
  • Percent of Total Clients that are Product Clients64%
  • Average Loan Size Per Client44
  • Average Loan Size Per Client44

Financial Structure & Pricing

  • loan or product structure is flexibleTRUE
  • repayment structure is flexibleTRUE
  • loan or product term covers growing seasonTRUE
  • grace period offeredTRUE
  • group or individual loanGroup
  • apr19%
  • is apr or other transparent pricing communicated to clientsTRUE
  • type of primary insurance productTraditional crop insurance
  • 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 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 clientsTRUE
  • agricultural training available to clients using formal curriculumTRUE
  • multiple agricultural trainings delivered during product cycleTRUE
  • organization does quality checks on trainingsTRUE
  • financial literacy training takes places yes noTRUE
  • 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 placeTRUE
  • formal measurement with strong control groupTRUE
  • rct or other academic quality work done to verify resultsTRUE
  • rct or other academic quality work done to verify results if yes describePropensity Score Matching is used to understand the increase in yields. As well as back checks and other data quality measures.
  • measurement of change to profit income or poverty reduction takes placeTRUE
  • using methodical process over time to measure changeTRUE
  • what type of poverty measurement metric is usedNo prescribed metric currently