• Development Finance Institution or Donor Agency
The Agricultural Growth Programme expands the stock of rural infrastructure to increase agricultural productivity in a sustained manner, helping smallholder farmers across Ethiopia access the following public goods: improved seeds and other inputs, water from new irrigation works, extension services linked to the latest agricultural research, space in newly built markets, feeder roads to take produce to those markets, and other undertakings aimed at expanding production and sales of agricultural products.
  • Stages of Support

    • Idea
    • Start-up
    • Early
    • Growth
    • Mature
  • Nonfinancial support delivery mechanism

    • Mentoring
    • Co-working space
  • Nonfinancial Support

    • Value / supply chain development
    • Sector development
  • Intervention Type

    • Provide nonfinancial services to entrepreneurs directly
    • Conduct research on the sector
    • Promote and educate about entrepreneurship
  • Sectors of Focus

    • Agriculture & Food
    • Information and communication technology
    • Financial services
    • Transportation
  • Stakeholder or Business Model Focus

    • Social enterprise
    • Accessibility
    • Citizen empowerment
    • Rural communities
  • Impact objectives

    • Agricultural productivity
    • Capacity building
    • Community development
    • Employment generation
    • Food security and nutrition
    • Income/productivity growth
    • Water resources management
    • Access to information
    • Equality and empowerment
    • Access to financial services
  • Verticals

    • AgTech
    • FinTech