Rabo AgriFinance

Rabo Foundation, the social fund of Rabobank, is dedicated to the uplift of smallholder farmers by furthering their access to finance, markets, knowledge, and networks. Working across 22 countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America, Rabo Foundation has several innovative instruments to further access to finance by way of direct loans, credit guarantees, and technical assistance. They have been pioneers in the Indian blended finance landscape, working with several financial institutions, banks, non-banking financial institutions, start-ups, and ag-fin-techs in furthering access to finance in the smallholder agri-value chain.

In partnership with the Ikea Foundation and Shell Foundation and co-funded through FCDO Catalysing Agriculture by Scaling Energy Ecosystems (CASEE) funding, Rabo Foundation helped develop a guarantee from DFC to leverage $55 million of debt financing in the Indian agri-energy ecosystem. A technical assistance facility was also established to further enable the ecosystem’s growth.