AFOS Prepares Microfinance Banks in Nigeria for Agricultural Lending with Agric Finance Training Programme.
AFOS through its AGRAR II project is now giving attention to building the capacity of Microfinance institutions to deliver agricultural loans and microinsurance, focusing on smallholder farmers and Agric entrepreneurs in rural, urban and peri-urban communities in Nigeria. The project is championing a comprehensive training programme in Agricultural finance to loan officers and managers of Microfinance banks to equip the microfinance industry and harness their latent capacity towards contributing to agricultural finance and boosting food production in Nigeria.