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Incofin

http://www.incofin.com/

AgRIF (Agricultural and Rural Impulse Fund) is a multiregional debt and equity microfinance investment fund with a specific focus on agricultural and rural outreach. It will be managed by Incofin Investment Management, a Belgian-based microfinance investment company.
The fund will focus on enhancing financial inclusion of the rural population by investing in targeted MFI’s or banks in emerging countries. It will also specifically aim at improving financial inclusion of smallholder farmers, by targeting MFIs and financial institutions that have developed specific agriculture linked loan products and by dedicating a limited part of its strategy towards financing producer organisations and agriculture-focused companies.
Equity and debt microfinance investment fund with specific agri and rural focus; targeting MFI and FI with an average investment of 5 million; End clients will receive loans between USD 1,000 and 10,000.
Mission of the fund is to bring finance to rural areas where access to credit is scarce.
Loans to agri or rural-focused financial intermediaries for an average of USD 2.5 million or to rural producer organisations or agricultural SMEs (10% of the fund)
The aim is to invest at least 60% of the portfolio in agriculture-focused institutions; other will be rural-focused;
The main goal of the investment is to provide smallholder farmers access to finance. This is done indirectly by investment in agri/rural-focused MFI's offering agri-products
Fund manager pays a lot of attention to Client Protection Principles (CPPs). If investee has weak CPP system in place, TA is often put in place to improve its implementation.