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Small and Marginal Sized Farmers Agricultural Productivity Improvement and Diversification Financing Project (SMAP)
RDRS Bangladesh is implementing the Small and Marginal Sized Farmers Agricultural Productivity Improvement and Diversification Financing project in RDRS working areas covered by microfinance programme. The project is being implemented with the support of Bangladesh Bank. The microfinance borrowers are the direct programme participants of the project. The SMAP project is designed in line with SDG 2 (Zero Hunger).
The goal and objective of the SMAP project is to increase agricultural productivity and diversity of the small and marginal sized farmers (SMFs) of Bangladesh by financing agricultural loans and providing technical support services (agriculture and livestock) to farmers through Microfinance Institutions, thereby contributing to the sound development of agricultural finance and the agricultural sector of Bangladesh.
The major activities are being accomplished under the project are providing loan, technical orientation, and technical support services to the programme participants.
The lifestyle of MF clients under the SMAP project is positively changing. They are being able to produce more quality food by using modern technologies at less production cost.