Agri-SACCOs in Kenya: how farmer-owned savings groups are financing agribusiness
What is an Agri-SACCO? An Agri-SACCO is a savings and credit cooperative built around farming. Members, who are usually smallholders growing tea, coffee, sugarcane or producing milk, pool their savings and lend to one another at fair rates. Unlike commercial banks, which often see farming as risky and unpredictable, these cooperatives understand their members’ income […]
