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Partner description:

iDE transforms the lives of marginalized communities around the world by creating lasting income and livelihood opportunities for rural families. We leverage human-centered data and market research to create functional, inclusive market systems that adapt to changing market conditions. We champion rural actors to serve as customers, entrepreneurs, sales agents, and producers because we believe that if we want to end poverty, we must empower the millions of people who now live on $2 a day to seize opportunities and prosper on their own terms. By harnessing the power of creativity and entrepreneurship, iDE develops a deep understanding of the local market and designs products and services to ensure people can benefit from them.

A unique lending approach:

iDE Ghana works with a network of farmers across Northern Ghana in multiple agricultural value chains. We have achieved significant success in providing technical support in the area of good agronomic practices through iDE field technical team who work directly with Farm Business Advisors whilst providing the critical market linkages to ensure farmers are selling at competitive market prices for increased income and profitability. A very significant drawback for the purchase and use of timely production inputs is access to credit. iDE Ghana through Kiva is seeking to provide affordable loans to help farmers optimize the attainable yields per unit area of land for enhanced income and household nutrition.