Partners involved in an initiative that aims to improve the livelihoods of smallholder farmers, discuss the performance of the implementation of the Input Voucher Sales (IVS) System in Tigray Region of Ethiopia. The system has been in place to improve access to inputs and credit to smallholder farmers. In 2015, the IVS system was piloted in Tigray in the three woredas (districts) of Endamekhoni, Lailai Maychew, and Adwa. It was then scaled-up to 13 woredas in 2016, 14 woredas in 2017 and to all Tigray woredas in 2018. The IVS system is expected to help rural financial institutions increase their reach, while at the same time help grow the return on their portfolio.

Source: News Business Ethiopia January 04, 2019 09:22 UTC