Centenary Rural Development Bank Grant



Organization - Centenary Rural Development Bank
Grant Amount - $500,000
Foundation - Rockefeller Foundation
Grant Purpose - as a Program-Related Investment in support of its efforts to raise the incomes of poor smallholder farmers in Uganda who grow bananas and other cash crops, by improving their access to financial capital


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Market Matters - $96,667 from the Rockefeller Foundation - toward the costs of assisting the government of Uganda with formulating a national strategy for improving the access of poor farmers to better local, regional and international markets for bananas

Uganda Development Trust - $160,000 from the Rockefeller Foundation - in support of efforts to establish an agri-business capital fund that would provide capital and management assistance to viable small and growing agribusinesses as a source of markets for smallholder farmers in Uganda

National Center on Education and the Economy - $150,000 from the Mott Foundation - The federal Workforce Investment Act, passed by Congress in 1998, requires the establishment of business-led Workforce Investment Boards in local communities across the country. The purpose of the Workforce Investment Boards, of which there are...

TechnoServe - $600,000 from the Rockefeller Foundation - toward the costs of improving access of poor farmers growing bananas in Kenya to profitable output markets by helping them to develop strong producer and marketing associations

Ministry of Finance, Planning, and Economic Development, Uganda - $69,830 from the Rockefeller Foundation - toward the costs of formulating a national strategy for improving the access of poor farmers to better local, regional and international markets for bananas

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