Bangladesh Bank has been implementing JICA assisted "Small and Marginal Sized Farmers Agricultural Productivity Improvement and Diversification Financing Project"(SMAP). The objective of the Project is to increase agricultural productivity and diversity of the small and marginal sized farmers (SMFs) of Bangladesh by financing agricultural loans and providing agricultural technical support services (TSS) to farmers through Microfinance Institutions, thereby contributing to the sound development of agricultural finance and the agricultural sector of Bangladesh. The duration of the Project is of 7(seven) years. Currently 11 Microfinance Institutions have been participating in this project in 61 districts.
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