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    CONTRACTS SIGNED BETWEEN MCA-ARMENIA AND BANKS AND UNIVERSAL CREDIT ORGANIZATIONS

    armradio.am
    30.04.2009 17:52

    Millennium Challenge Account - Armenia SNCO announced the award of
    contracts to "Ameriabank" CJSC, "Ardshininvestbank" CJSC, "Converse
    Bank" CJSC, "Armbusinessbank" CJSC, and the following Universal Credit
    Organizations - "Aniv" UCO LLC, "Farm Credit Armenia" UCO CC, "Nor
    Horizon" UCO LLC, "GFC General Financial and Credit Company" UCO CJSC,
    "CARD AgroCredit" UCO CJSC and "SEF International Credit Organization"
    LLC - to implement the MCA-Armenia credit component. It will provide
    loans to MCA-Armenia beneficiaries living in rural areas to enlarge
    agricultural production and apply effective technologies. The contracts
    were signed by MCA-Armenia CEO and the directors of the above mentioned
    financial organizations.

    Credit component is a part of MCA-Armenia Water-to-Market project
    which aims to provide technical assistance to farmers by transition
    of knowledge and new technologies, as well as to provide agricultural
    loans to beneficiary farmers and technical assistance to financial
    institutions selected for the implementation of credit component.

    The credits are being provided only to beneficiaries living outside
    of Yerevan with the purpose of intensifying primary agricultural
    production, modernizing equipment, expanding orchards and=2 0vineyards,
    purchasing tree stock and root stock, purchasing livestock,
    developing machinery contracting and other service businesses that
    support smallholders, agri-business marketing and export services,
    establishing or expanding consolidation centers and developing or
    expanding small-agro processing factories or processor out-grower
    schemes. The loans are being disbursed among the farmers who have
    completed the Water-to-Market project classroom training, and attended
    practical, on-farm demonstration to implement the gained knowledge
    with the borrowed money.

    The total amount of credit resources being provided to banks and
    credit organizations is equal to USD 8.5 million for 5 years, with
    maturity period of up to 7 years, and up to 12 percent of annual
    interest rate. The first tranche - USD 1.5 million - has already
    been disbursed to the rural stakeholders by September 30, 2008. It
    is planned to provide USD 5.5 million by September 2009 and the final
    tranche of USD 1.5 million in 2010.
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