Call to Action

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Call to Action

• Prepared by Ansumana Darbo, Dorothy Nduku
  Kipsang and Mary Nandazi

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AFRACA

• Coordinate interactive fora (Electronic and face
  to face)
• Facilitate capacity building through exchange
  visits
• Promote networking partnerships (within AFRACA,
  other mainstream sub-sectors and other RD
  Agencies)
• Facilitate continuous generation of new
  contextual knowledge, develop best practices and
  disseminate
• Lobby Governments and donors for increased
  support for rural finance

3
Financial non financial intermediaries

• Build Research Development Capacity on all
  aspects along the value chain
• Mobilize technical and financial resources to
  support rural finance
• Develop appropriate products carry out product
  modifications where necessary
• Design, test and provide financial services
  models to smallholders and value chain players
• Increase interactive learning and inculcate
  strategic thinking

4
Governments

• Create enabling environment
• - Conducive policies
• - Regulatory and legal framework
• - Support innovative initiatives which expand
  reach to the rural areas
• Coordinate the services of the various financial
  service providers to avoid duplication and
  exploit synergies
• Increase technical assistance to target
  smallholder clientele and
• Promote support to agricultural development
  through channeling funds from donors treasury
  for capacity building
• Actively create awareness of climate Change

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Donors and Technical Agencies

• Facilitate technical assistance in research and
  capacity building
• Support technology transfer e.g study exposure
  visits
• Support product development
• Provide resources for agricultural rural
  finance innovations and expansion
• Support all institutions that adopt best
  practices and
• Support and facilitate interactive fora for
  learning and information exchange.