Smallholder Agriculture Credit Scheme.

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to brief the stakeholders at the NAC on the implications on rural agricultural lending, by the decision of the Government, to corporate the Rural Development Bank Limited, in 1998. The paper also provides a review of the SAC Scheme since implementation in 1997. The key objective of the review is to highlight the key lessons learned from the perspective of prudent fund management by the Bank and to suggest policy recommendations to the NAC to strengthen and improve the performance of the SAC Scheme, to achieve the objective of self sustenance of the revolving fund, in the medium term.