Good Nature Agro (GNA) is a for-profit social enterprise that works with rural, small-scale farmers in Zambia and Malawi to supply the region with high-quality legume seed and commodities. GNA’s model provides farmers with certified seeds and inputs on credit, in-depth technical assistance (TA), farmer-friendly financing, and guaranteed off-taking contracts.

Juhudi Kilimo was founded in 2004 as a simple agriculture microlending initiative to serve rural Kenyan farmers who could not access formal financing due to a number of economic, social and environmental barriers, including their remoteness (lack of infrastructure), limited market access, poor climatic conditions, lack of agronomic data, low literacy, lack of collateral or borrowing history, and poor or no financial records.

The collaboration between EBRD and Tbilisi is an example of how a gender lens can be brought to green investments, and in particular how women’s employment and skills development and gender-responsive considerations can be integrated into green infrastructure investment approaches and processes.