2025.05.29
On May 28, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) held a signing ceremony for an investment agreement with AGL Holding (Agrolend) in the city of São Paulo of the Federative Republic of Brazil. Agrolend is a Brazilian digital bank financing the agricultural sector in the country.
Signing ceremony
Terms and Amount of Loan
- Investee
AGL Holding
- Country (Target Areas)
Federative Republic of Brazil
- Project Title
Project for Improving Efficiency in Agricultural Finance
- Project Purpose
This project aims to contribute to improving the financial access and agricultural operations of small and medium-sized farmers in Brazil, while increasing the productivity of the country’s agricultural supply chain. By investing in Agrolend, a digital bank that finances small and medium-sized Brazilian farmers, the project promotes sound and efficient management of the industries and distributors under Agrolend’s financing programs for small and medium-sized farmers.
- Project Component
Agrolend is a digital bank that finances small and medium-sized farmers. It provides loans to more than 3,700 farmers across the country, mainly soybean and corn farmers, to help them purchase seeds, fertilizers, pesticides, etc. Agrolend contributes to improving the efficiency of assets and liabilities on the books of distributors by providing advance payments to distributors for seeds, seedlings, etc. on behalf of farmers, and providing loans directly to farmers on behalf of distributors. This is an effective business model for improving inefficient agricultural financing via traditional supply chain and it is expected to contribute to improving the productivity of agricultural supply chain, including farmers, industries and distributors.
- Contribution to SDGs
Goal 2 (Zero hunger)
Goal 9 (Industry, innovation and infrastructure)
Goal 13 (Climate action)
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