An assessment of the needs of Mali’s Public Development Bank

Under the EU-funded ILSA program, the Agri-PDB Platform is engaging with the Banque Nationale de Développement Agricole BNDA Mali and in order to develop solutions that will integrate agro-ecological approaches into the banks’ operations. The objective of this intervention is to support the financial ecosystem that supports sustainable agricultural transformation, streamline the decision-making process in the bank, and ensure that nature-based solutions are considered when providing credit to famers and SMEs.