AgriConnect MX: Family Farmer Financial Inclusion and Productivity Improvement Project (WB-P511036)

Countries
  • Mexico
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Financial Institutions
  • World Bank (WB)
International, regional and national development finance institutions. Many of these banks have a public interest mission, such as poverty reduction.
Project Status
Proposed
Stage of the project cycle. Stages vary by development bank and can include: pending, approval, implementation, and closed or completed.
Bank Risk Rating
B
Environmental and social categorization assessed by the development bank as a measure of the planned project’s environmental and social impacts. A higher risk rating may require more due diligence to limit or avoid harm to people and the environment. For example, "A" or "B" are risk categories where "A" represents the highest amount of risk. Results will include projects that specifically recorded a rating, all other projects are marked ‘U’ for "Undisclosed."
Voting Date
Dec 15, 2026
Date when project documentation and funding is reviewed by the Board for consideration and approval. Some development banks will state a "board date" or "decision date." When funding approval is obtained, the legal documents are accepted and signed, the implementation phase begins.
Borrower
NAFIN
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • Agriculture and Forestry
The service or industry focus of the investment. A project can have several sectors.
Investment Type(s)
Loan
The categories of the bank investment: loan, grant, guarantee, technical assistance, advisory services, equity and fund.
Investment Amount (USD)
$ 138.45 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Loan Amount (USD)
$ 138.45 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Project Cost (USD)
$ 232.45 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Bank Documents
Primary Source

Original disclosure @ WB website

Updated in EWS Aug 21, 2026

Disclosed by Bank Nov 27, 2025

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Project Description
If provided by the financial institution, the Early Warning System Team writes a short summary describing the purported development objective of the project and project components. Review the complete project documentation for a detailed description.

According to the WB, the development objective is to improve the economic and productive performance of targeted family farmers.

The AgriConnect Mx: Family Farmer Financial Inclusion and Productivity Improvement Project aims to improve the productive and economic performance of targeted family farmers in Mexico through an integrated set of interventions combining financial access, digital infrastructure, and capacity building.The project operates through four core activities: (i) offering credit lines to financial entities for Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) productive financing; (ii) providing partial credit guarantees to reduce collateral barriers for family farmers; (iii) strengthening and expanding the FIRA digital information platform (AGRITECH NEXUS); and (iv) delivering training and technical assistance on CSA technologies and practices.These activities are expected to generate outputs including expanded access to credit from the private commercial financial system, improved data availability for lenders to facilitate credit analysis, and a strengthened operational platform for agricultural information.In the short term, the project anticipates that beneficiary farmers will invest in CSA technologies and practices and gain access to timely and reliable agricultural information. Over the medium term, farmers are expected to improve their resilience to adverse climatic events and strengthen their decision-making on production, storage, and marketing. In the long term, the project aims to achieve a measurable improvement in the productive and economic performance of beneficiary family farmers.

Investment Description
Here you can find a list of individual development financial institutions that finance the project.
Private Actor 1 Private Actor 1 Role Private Actor 1 Sector Relation Private Actor 2 Private Actor 2 Role Private Actor 2 Sector
- - - - Nacional Financiera SNC (NAFIN) Client -

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World Bank
Pablo R. Valdivia Zelaya
Senior Agribusiness Specialist

 

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