Grameen Agricultural Foundation becomes member of CSAF

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The Council on Smallholder Agricultural Finance (CSAF) is an alliance of social financiers, also known as priority agricultural impact lenders, targeting “middle sector” agricultural businesses in low- and middle-income countries, focused on creating a thriving, sustainable, and transparent financial market to meet the financing needs of smallholder agricultural businesses growing in target countries. CSAF members include AgDevCo, Alterfin, Global Partnerships, Impact Finance, Incofin Investment Management, Oikocredit, Rabo Rural Fund, responsAbility Investments AG, Root Capital, Shared Interest Society, SME Impact Fund, and Triodos Investment Management.

Its mission is to facilitate market entry and increase lending to agricultural businesses in the midstream sector, to steer the agricultural finance sector towards reaching and supporting the livelihoods of the world's 450 million smallholder farmers, and to promote responsible lending principles, including social, environmental, and corporate governance standards, across all financial institutions serving this market.

In June, the Grameen Credit Agricole Foundation was unanimously accepted by CSAF's international members as its new international affiliate. The Foundation and the Board will work together in the coming years to strengthen CSAF and its efforts to build a growing, high-impact financial market serving agricultural businesses globally.

More information on the Foundation's mission here
More information on the CSAF here