In 2005, the Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) launched an integrated rural development project in the Sofia region, with the objective of increasing rice yields by 100 percent. The APRA-GIR (L’Apprentissage Participatif Recherche Action pour la Gestion Intégrée du Riz) approach provides training to groups of farmers on alternative rice cultivation practices. Such practices include mapping, planning, using different seeds, fertilizers and water management amongst several others. In microfinance, the Aga Khan Agency for Microfinance has established the Première Agence de MicroFinance in Madagascar (PAMF-Madagascar). Operating in both the rural areas and small cities, PAMF works closely with the Aga Khan Foundation's rural support programme to provide financial services as part of an area development project in the Sofia region.
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Microfinance for Women in Northern Pakistan
Since its establishment in 2005, the Aga Khan Agency for Microfinance (AKAM) has taken over 25 years of microfinance activities, programmes and banks that were administered by sister agencies within the AKDN. The underlying objectives of the Agency are to reduce poverty, diminish the vulnerability of poor populations and alleviate economic and social exclusion. more
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