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Women in Agriculture Using Digital Financial Services: Lessons Learned from Technical Assistance Support to DigiFarm, Fenix, and myAgro

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dc.contributor.authorVarangis, Panos
dc.contributor.authorBuchenau, Juan
dc.contributor.authorOno, Toshiaki
dc.contributor.authorSberro-Kessler, Rachel
dc.contributor.authorOkumura, Asuka
dc.date.accessioned2021-04-20T21:13:04Z
dc.date.available2021-04-20T21:13:04Z
dc.date.issued2021-04-05
dc.description.abstractWomen in rural areas, and in particular female farmers, have significantly less access to financial services than their male counterparts. Such limited access is harmful to female farmers and their families and significantly impedes their ability to grow and prosper. Female farmers tend to have limited access to formal savings and credit, which limits their ability to manage shocks and invest in seasonal inputs or in durable goods and productive assets. It is estimated that closing the gender gap in access to productive assets could lead to a 20-30 percent yield increase per household, which would benefit not only female farmers, but also their families (FAO 2011). One of the main issues that keeps financing out of the reach of female farmers is that women tend to be time constrained, which indicates the need for easy access to and convenience of financial products. Suitability, ease of use, and convenience are important determinants of access to financial services for women in agriculture. Digital financial services (DFS) have the potential to unlock financial services for women in agriculture; however, currently, significant gender gaps exist in DFS access and usage. By allowing female farmers to make financial transactions without the need to go to the branch of a financial institution, DFS can offer them a safe, private, and convenient way to save money, access loans, make and receive payments, or access insurance. However, many DFS providers see an imbalance in the uptake and usage of financial services by gender. In 2018, the World Bank provided technical assistance (TA) to three financial service providers (FSPs) to help them deliver financial services to female farmers using digital means.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/222361617683660582/Women-in-Agriculture-Using-Digital-Financial-Services-Lessons-Learned-from-Technical-Assistance-Support-to-DigiFarm-Fenix-and-myAgro
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/35471
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/35471
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesEquitable Growth, Finance and Institutions Insight;
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectFINANCIAL SERVICE DELIVERY
dc.subjectDIGITAL FINANCIAL SERVICES
dc.subjectWOMEN IN AGRICULTURE
dc.subjectFEMALE FARMER
dc.subjectACCESS TO FINANCE
dc.subjectSMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES
dc.subjectAGRIBUSINESS
dc.subjectSMALLHOLDER FARMERS
dc.subjectFEMALE ENTREPRENEURS
dc.subjectGENDER
dc.titleWomen in Agriculture Using Digital Financial Servicesen
dc.title.subtitleLessons Learned from Technical Assistance Support to DigiFarm, Fenix, and myAgroen
dc.typeReporten
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dc.typeInformees
dspace.entity.typePublication
okr.crossref.titleWomen in Agriculture Using Digital Financial Services
okr.date.disclosure2021-04-06
okr.date.doiregistration2025-05-07T10:19:49.990093Z
okr.doctypeEconomic & Sector Work::Other Financial Sector Study
okr.doctypeEconomic & Sector Work
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/222361617683660582/Women-in-Agriculture-Using-Digital-Financial-Services-Lessons-Learned-from-Technical-Assistance-Support-to-DigiFarm-Fenix-and-myAgro
okr.guid222361617683660582
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum090224b088480f87_1_0
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum32973120
okr.identifier.report157940
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okr.language.supporteden
okr.pdfurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/222361617683660582/pdf/Women-in-Agriculture-Using-Digital-Financial-Services-Lessons-Learned-from-Technical-Assistance-Support-to-DigiFarm-Fenix-and-myAgro.pdfen
okr.region.administrativeAfrica
okr.region.administrativeAfrica Eastern and Southern (AFE)
okr.region.countryKenya
okr.region.countryTanzania
okr.region.countryUganda
okr.region.geographicalEast Africa
okr.topicFinance and Financial Sector Development::Access to Finance
okr.topicFinance and Financial Sector Development::E-Finance and E-Security
okr.topicFinance and Financial Sector Development::Finance and Development
okr.topicGender::Gender and Development
okr.topicGender::Gender and Rural Development
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Inequality
okr.topicRural Development::Agricultural Growth and Rural Development
okr.topicRural Development::Rural Microfinance and SMEs
okr.unitEFI-FCI-Long-Term Finance (EFNLT)
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