The PKSF has been on a mission to develop entrepreneurs in processed fruit recipes with training from the Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute and ministries of commerce and women affairs.
IFAD pledges $18.07m for pandemic-hit microenterprises, smallholders Star Business Report Star Business Report
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), a specialised agency of the United Nations, will provide Bangladesh with an additional loan of $18.07 million to rebuild microenterprises and support smallholders, who have been adversely affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.
The international financial institution and the UN s food and agriculture hub based in Rome is dedicated to eradicating poverty and hunger in rural areas of developing countries.
The additional financing will scale up activities under the ongoing Promoting Agricultural Commercialisation and Enterprises (PACE) project, which is being implemented by the development organisation the Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation (PKSF).