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Two Years Later: What We Learned Helping Philippines-Based Agricultural Cooperatives Access Finance

One of the strongest lessons emerging from Copra Capacity Development Project is that pre-investment TA does not work equally well for every cooperative. For a TA facility with a relatively short implementation period, selecting the right enterprises is critical. Cooperatives are more likely to benefit when their leaders have a growth mindset and believe that access to finance can accelerate the growth of their enterprise and the impact they can have. This case study explores what it takes to grow agricultural cooperatives in the Philippines.

Resource Type:

Case Study

Author: Judith Agnoletto, Lakshmi Iyer
Publication Date: 08/27/2026
Countries:

Asia

Program Area:

Inclusive Digital Finance

Topic:

Agriculture & Smallholder Farmers

$10 Spark Igniting Transformation Initiative Case Study

The $10 Spark Igniting Transformation Initiative successfully mobilized nearly 25,000 men, reaching 100,000 people across Ghana and Nigeria to become champions of women's empowerment through innovative intra-household dialogues. By creating safe spaces for men to challenge patriarchal norms, the project transformed household dynamics, improved financial planning, and strengthened women's economic agency in deeply traditional communities.

Resource Type:

Case Study

Author: Alfred Yeboah, Bobbi Gray
Publication Date: 01/14/2026
Countries:

Sub-Saharan Africa

Program Area:

Women Empowered Everywhere

Mitigating Unintended Harmful Consequences: Intrahousehold Dialogues Field Guide

To support CSOs in Timor-Leste to organize and facilitate discussions with beneficiary household members in order to mitigate the risk of GBV when women engage in an economic activity. This field guide provides considerations for when an intrahousehold dialogue should be organized; steps to take before, during, and after a dialogue is conducted; strategies and best practices in designing a dialogue; and five dialogue activities to conduct with household members, particularly partners and married couples.

Resource Type:

Toolkit

Author: Alison Burgon Bardsley, Bea Fojas, Kim Panuncialman Billones and Jenna Smith of Grameen Foundation
Publication Date: 01/05/2026
Countries:

Asia

Program Area:

Women Empowered Everywhere

Topic:

Gender-Based Violence

Disability-Inclusive Entrepreneurship and Financial Services Assessment

From July-October 2025, Grameen Foundation USA and the National Union of Disabled Persons of Uganda (NUDIPU) conducted a multisectoral assessment to identify promising approaches to advance the economic growth of people with disabilities in Uganda, with a specific focus on entrepreneurship and increased access to finance. The assessment focused on entrepreneurship possibilities for adults with disabilities (aged 35 and above) and youth with disabilities (aged 18-35 years).

Resource Type:

Research & Evaluation

Author: Bindi Jhaveri-Summers, Ellie Ostvig, Bobbi Gray, and Daphine Mawino
Publication Date: 01/05/2026
Countries:

Sub-Saharan Africa

Program Area:

Inclusive Digital Finance
Women Empowered Everywhere

Gender and Gender-Based Violence Training for Female Mobile Money Agents and Their Partners

The Gender and Gender-based Violence Training for Female Mobile Money Agents and Their Partners Guide was developed to build the awareness and skills of female mobile money agents supported by women’s economic empowerment (WEE) actors in Northern Ghana to understand the concept of gender, gender-based violence (GBV) as well as how to safely engage with others regarding GBV. The emphasis of this guide is to train non-expert, local community agents and their partners on how to inform community members of the resources and entities that can directly provide support if they or someone they know faces GBV.

Resource Type:

Toolkit

Author: Naana Abena Afadi and Bobbi Gray of Grameen Foundation USA and Tanyel Taysi of the American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative (ABA ROLI)
Publication Date: 01/05/2026
Countries:

Sub-Saharan Africa

Program Area:

Community Agent Network

Topic:

Gender-Based Violence

MANDI II Agricultural Livelihood Diaries: Food Security and Health

Through the Walmart Foundation-funded Market Access eNabled by Digital Innovation in India Phase 2 (MANDI II) project, Grameen Foundation USA (GFUSA) and its Indian subsidiary, Grameen Foundation India (GFI) (together, Grameen), received funding to strengthen Farmer Producer Organizations (FPO) in the Purvanchal region of Uttar Pradesh (UP) and West Bengal, India. A series of monthly surveys (“diaries”) were completed with 30 FPO member households with one man and one woman from two FPOs in UP—AKPCL and Bankelal Bio Energy—resulting in 60 individuals interviewed. In addition to quantitative data collected over the twelve months of study, findings from the fifth survey were leveraged to understand the food security and health outcomes of study participants.

Resource Type:

Research & Evaluation

Author: Tanzila Siddiqui and Bobbi Gray
Publication Date: 08/12/2025
Countries:

Asia

Program Area:

Climate Smart Agriculture

Topic:

Agriculture & Smallholder Farmers

Is there a world where digital agriculture advisory services can scale without agents?

The Digitalisation for Agriculture or D4Ag dGroup and Grameen Foundation co-facilitated an eConversation to address the challenge that few digital advisory services (DAS) scale without support from community-based agents (CBAs) to sensitize and support farmers’ access to or use of DAS. The dialogue revealed a near-universal agreement that CBAs —including extension officers, farmer champions, and rural promoters—are critical for scaling DAS--and likely any digital tool. Barriers like limited smartphone ownership and capabilities, digital illiteracy, poor infrastructure, and lack of contextual content were repeatedly noted as reasons why CBAs are still necessary when introducing and using digital tools. For the foreseeable future, it’s unlikely DAS or any technology can scale without including the function of the CBA to some extent.

Resource Type:

Research & Evaluation

Author: Digital AgriHub and Grameen Foundation
Publication Date: 07/21/2025
Countries:

Global

Program Area:

Community Agent Network

Topic:

Agriculture & Smallholder Farmers

MANDI II Agricultural Livelihood Diaries: Income Generation

Through the Walmart Foundation-funded Market Access eNabled by Digital Innovation in India Phase 2 (MANDI II) project, Grameen Foundation USA (GFUSA) and its Indian subsidiary, Grameen Foundation India (GFI) (together, Grameen), received funding to strengthen Farmer Producer Organizations (FPO) in the Purvanchal region of Uttar Pradesh (UP) and West Bengal, India. A series of monthly surveys (“diaries”) were completed with 30 FPO member households with one man and one woman from two FPOs in UP—AKPCL and Bankelal Bio Energy—resulting in 60 individuals interviewed. In addition to quantitative data collected over the twelve months of study, findings from the third and tenth surveys were leveraged to understand drudgery and harmful tradeoffs of working in agriculture among study participants.

Resource Type:

Research & Evaluation

Author: Bobbi Gray
Publication Date: 06/25/2025
Countries:

Asia

Program Area:

Climate Smart Agriculture

Topic:

Agriculture & Smallholder Farmers

MANDI II Agricultural Livelihoods Diaries: Drudgery and Harmful Tradeoffs

Through the Walmart Foundation-funded Market Access eNabled by Digital Innovation in India Phase 2 (MANDI II) project, Grameen Foundation USA (GFUSA) and its Indian subsidiary, Grameen Foundation India (GFI) (together, Grameen), received funding to strengthen Farmer Producer Organizations (FPO) in the Purvanchal region of Uttar Pradesh (UP) and West Bengal, India. A series of monthly surveys (“diaries”) were completed with 30 FPO member households with one man and one woman from two FPOs in UP—AKPCL and Bankelal Bio Energy—resulting in 60 individuals interviewed. In addition to quantitative data collected over the twelve months of study, findings from the third and tenth surveys were leveraged to understand drudgery and harmful tradeoffs of working in agriculture among study participants.

Resource Type:

Research & Evaluation

Author: Emily Brown
Publication Date: 06/25/2025
Countries:

Asia

Program Area:

Climate Smart Agriculture

Topic:

Agriculture & Smallholder Farmers

Mandi II Agricultural Livelihoods Diaries: Demographics

Through the Walmart Foundation-funded Market Access eNabled by Digital Innovation in India Phase 2 (MANDI II) project, Grameen Foundation USA (GFUSA) and its Indian subsidiary, Grameen Foundation India (GFI) (together, Grameen), received funding to strengthen Farmer Producer Organizations (FPO) in the Purvanchal region of Uttar Pradesh (UP) and West Bengal, India. A series of monthly surveys (“diaries”) were completed with 30 FPO member households with one man and one woman from two FPOs in UP—AKPCL and Bankelal Bio Energy—resulting in 60 individuals interviewed.

Resource Type:

Research & Evaluation

Author: Jenna Smith and Bobbi Gray
Publication Date: 06/20/2025
Countries:

Asia

Program Area:

Climate Smart Agriculture

Topic:

Agriculture & Smallholder Farmers

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Two Years Later: What We Learned Helping Philippines-Based Agricultural Cooperatives Access Finance

$10 Spark Igniting Transformation Initiative Case Study

Mitigating Unintended Harmful Consequences: Intrahousehold Dialogues Field Guide

Disability-Inclusive Entrepreneurship and Financial Services Assessment

Gender and Gender-Based Violence Training for Female Mobile Money Agents and Their Partners

MANDI II Agricultural Livelihood Diaries: Food Security and Health

Is there a world where digital agriculture advisory services can scale without agents?

MANDI II Agricultural Livelihood Diaries: Income Generation

MANDI II Agricultural Livelihoods Diaries: Drudgery and Harmful Tradeoffs

Mandi II Agricultural Livelihoods Diaries: Demographics

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