3 Financial services

3.1 Access to credit

3.1.1 Farmers’ access to agricultural credit (gender disaggregated)

Percentage of farmers, men or women that responded “Yes” to the question: “During the last 12 months, did you personally use a loan or credit for agricultural activities?”

Number of farmers N Percentage
Farmers 343 17%
Female 168 17%
Male 175 18%

Percentage of farmers, from each CSV community who responded “Yes” to the question: “During the last 12 months, did you personally use a loan or credit for agricultural activities?”
CSV community N Percentage of farmers
Baazu 32 12%
Bompari 87 18%
Doggoh 83 13%
Jeffiri 39 18%
Kulkarni 34 12%
Oribili 32 41%
Tuori 36 14%

3.1.2 Farmers’ credit sources (gender disaggregated)

Percentage of farmers, men or women who responded the question: “From whom did you personally borrow the money?”

Number of farmers N Community Savings group Cooperative or Microcredit Institution Family, friends From a bank (formal credit) Private lender (informal)
Farmers 60 77% 7% 10% 5% 2%
Female 29 93% 0% 0% 3% 3%
Male 31 61% 13% 19% 6% 0%

Percentage of men or women how responded the question: “From whom did you personally borrow the money?”


Percentage of farmers, from each CSV community who responded the question: “From whom did you personally borrow the money?”

CSV community Credit source N Percentage of farmers
Baazu Community Savings group 4 75%
From a bank (formal credit) 25%
Bompari Community Savings group 16 88%
Cooperative or Microcredit Institution 12%
Doggoh Community Savings group 11 64%
Family, friends 27%
From a bank (formal credit) 9%
Jeffiri Community Savings group 7 57%
Family, friends 43%
Kulkarni Community Savings group 4 100%
Oribili Community Savings group 13 69%
Cooperative or Microcredit Institution 15%
From a bank (formal credit) 8%
Private lender (informal) 8%
Tuori Community Savings group 5 100%

3.1.3 Farmers’ credit types (gender disaggregated)

Percentage of farmers, men or women who answered the question: “Was this loan a short term or long term loan?”

Number of farmers N Long-term (more than a year) Short-term (less than a year)
Farmers 61 2% 98%
Female 29 0% 100%
Male 32 3% 97%

Percentage of men or women who answered the question: “Was this loan a short term or long term loan?”


Percentage of farmers, from the different CSV communities who answered the question: “Was this loan a short term or long term loan?”

CSV community Loan term N Percentage of farmers
Baazu Short-term (less than a year) 4 100%
Bompari Short-term (less than a year) 16 100%
Doggoh Short-term (less than a year) 11 100%
Jeffiri Short-term (less than a year) 8 100%
Kulkarni Short-term (less than a year) 4 100%
Oribili Long-term (more than a year) 13 8%
Short-term (less than a year) 92%
Tuori Short-term (less than a year) 5 100%

3.1.4 Farmers’ credit use

Percentage of farmers that answered the question: “What did you personally use the loan or credit for?”

Number of farmers N Other To change the type crop / livestock grown / raised To make infrastructure investments To pay labour time To purchase management / production inputs
Farmers 61 2% 16% 5% 38% 39%
Female 29 0% 21% 3% 45% 31%
Male 32 3% 12% 6% 31% 47%

Percentage of men or women that answered the question: “What did you personally use the loan or credit for?”


Percentage of farmers, from each CSV community who responded “Yes” to the question: “What did you personally use the loan or credit for?”

CSV community Use of the loan or credit N Percentage of farmers
Baazu To make infrastructure investments 4 25%
To pay labour time 75%
Bompari To change the type crop / livestock grown / raised 16 6%
To pay labour time 31%
To purchase management / production inputs 62%
Doggoh To change the type crop / livestock grown / raised 11 9%
To pay labour time 45%
To purchase management / production inputs 45%
Jeffiri To make infrastructure investments 8 12%
To pay labour time 62%
To purchase management / production inputs 25%
Kulkarni To change the type crop / livestock grown / raised 4 50%
To make infrastructure investments 25%
To purchase management / production inputs 25%
Oribili Other 13 8%
To change the type crop / livestock grown / raised 46%
To pay labour time 31%
To purchase management / production inputs 15%
Tuori To pay labour time 5 20%
To purchase management / production inputs 80%

3.1.5 Farmers’ climate driven access to agricultural credit (gender disaggregated)

Percentage of farmers, men or women who answered “Yes” to the question: “Was the purpose of the loan/credit to help recovery from or to be better prepared against a Climate related shock?”

Number of farmers N Percentage
Farmers 60 63%
Female 29 72%
Male 31 55%

Percentage of farmers from each CSV community who responded “Yes” to the question: “Was the purpose of the loan/credit to help recovery from or to be better prepared against a Climate related shock?”


3.2 Access to insurance

3.2.1 Farmers’ access to agricultural insurance (gender disaggregated)

Percentage of farmers, men or women, who answered “Yes” to the question: “During the last 12 months, did you personally buy/had/use any insurance to cover damages in crops or animals?”

Number of farmers N Percentage
Farmers 344 2%
Female 168 2%
Male 176 2%

Percentage of farmers, from each CSV community who responded “Yes” to the question: “During the last 12 months, did you personally buy/had/use any insurance to cover damages in crops or animals?”

CSV community N Percentage of farmers
Bompari 87 1%
Doggoh 83 2%
Jeffiri 40 2%
Oribili 32 6%
Tuori 36 3%

3.2.2 Farmers’ agricultural insurance type

Percentage of farmers, men or women how responded to the question: “What risk was covered by the insurance?”

Number of farmers N Crop risk
Farmers 7 100%
Female 3 100%
Male 4 100%


3.2.3 Farmers’ agricultural insurance provider (gender disaggregated)

Percentage of farmers, men or women with agricultural insurance who responded “Yes” to the questions: " Did you buy the insurance from an input dealer or agricultural company? "

Number of farmers N Percentage
Farmers 7 71%
Female 3 67%
Male 4 75%

3.2.4 Farmers’ access to “climate intended” agricultural insurance (gender disaggregated)

Percentage of farmers, men or women how responded to the question: “Was the purpose of the insurance to help recovery from or to be better prepared against a Climate related shock?”

Number of farmers N Percentage
Farmers 7 71%
Female 3 67%
Male 4 75%

3.2.5 Farmers’ access to insurance payouts (gender disaggregated)

Percentage of farmers, men or women, who answered “Yes” to the question: " During the last 12 months, did you receive payouts from the insurance provider? "

There were no farmers mentioning that they had or brought any insurance in the monitored period, thus this indicator cannot be established.


3.3 Farmers’ financial incentives from buyers or input providers

Percentage of farmers who accessed credits, bonus, price subsidies or loans from buyers or providers.

They responded Yes to any of these three questions:

“During the last 12 months, did you personally receive any loans from your buyers, or from your providers of inputs or equipment? Also answer -yes- if you received products -on credit- from them?”

and/or

“During the last 12 months, did you personally receive any type of price bonus or price subsidy, to stimulate you to produce in a climate-friendly manner?”

and/or

“During the last 12 months, did you personally have a formal delivery contract to sell your products?”

Type of incentive N Percentage of farmers
Farmers Credits/loans 12 42%
Price bonus or subsidy 12 42%
Formal Contracts 343 3%

3.3.1 Farmers’ financial incentives from buyers or input providers (gender disaggregated)

Percentage of men or women farmers who accessed credits, bonus, price subsidies or loans from buyers or providers.

They responded Yes to any of these three questions:

“During the last 12 months, did you personally receive any loans from your buyers, or from your providers of inputs or equipment? Also answer -yes- if you received products -on credit- from them?

and/or

“During the last 12 months, did you personally receive any type of price bonus or price subsidy, to stimulate you to produce in a climate-friendly manner?

and/or

“During the last 12 months, did you personally have a formal delivery contract to sell your products?

Type of incentive Number of farmers N Percentage of farmers
Credits/loans Female 4 75%
Male 8 25%
Price bonus or subsidy Female 4 25%
Male 8 50%
Formal Contracts Female 168 2%
Male 175 5%

3.4 Farmers’ access to value chain training

Percentage of farmers who answered Yes to either the question: “Did you personally receive training on Agri-business development?”, and/or to the question: “Did you personally receive training on use of financial products or services?”

Number of farmers Value chain training type N Percentage of farmers
Farmers Training on Agri-business development 12 25%
Training on use of financial products or services 12 17%

3.4.1 Farmers’ access to agribusiness training (gender disaggregated)

Percentage of men and women farmers that answered “Yes” to the question: “Did you personally receive training on Agri-business development?”

Number of farmers N Percentage of farmers
Female 4 25%
Male 8 25%

3.4.2 Farmers’ agribusiness training source (gender disaggregated)

Percentage of farmers, men or women how responded to the question: “From whom did you personally receive the training?”

Number of farmers N CCAFS / key local implementing partner Government agricultural extension or Meteorogical office
Farmers 3 33% 67%
Female 1 100% 0%
Male 2 0% 100%



3.4.3 Access to additional support for agribusiness training

Percentage of farmers, men or women, who answered “Yes” to the question: “Was there any other support from this organization?”


3.4.4 Farmers’ access to financial training (gender disaggregated)

Percentage of farmers, men or women, who answered “Yes” to the question: “Did you personally receive training on use of financial products or services?”

Number of farmers N Percentage
Farmers 12 17%
Female 4 25%
Male 8 12%

3.4.5 Farmers’ financial training source (gender disaggregated)

Percentage of farmers, men or women, who answered “Yes” to the question: “From whom did you receive the training?”

Number of farmers N Government agricultural extension or Meteorogical office Relative, neighbor or expert within the community
Farmers 2 50% 50%
Female 1 0% 100%
Male 1 100% 0%

3.4.6 Farmers’ additional support

Percentage of farmers, men or women how answered to the question: “Was there any other support from this organization?”

N Technical support
Farmers 2 100%
Female 1 100%
Male 1 100%

2019-10-22