Micro-finance

Managers of micro-finance programs rarely give loans to farmers based on the specific advice of local technicians and engineers that are acquainted with the local situation. Moreover, they do not receive specific practical training on which are the most adequate technological systems that help small-scale farmers solve their problems.

This means that they do not have the ability to advise on the best and most appropriate solution that fits the farmers’ needs. In the context of social technology, there is a significant and growing space in collaboration so that the management of the rural banks can be equipped with the relevant knowledge regarding the latest technologies and production systems, and can offer farmers specific micro-finance solutions already linked to technologies that have shown to work. Adapta Sertão offers two methods of micro-finance:

• Adapta Sertão Revolving Fund: Technical sheet
• PRONAF Credit: Technical sheet