ZATAC maintains the ZATAC Investment Fund (ZIF),
which was established as a lending facility with equity fund for
the purpose of enhancing the expansion of smallholder-produced
agricultural products. The Fund is primarily used to issue small
loans that can be leveraged by agribusinesses to access larger
loans for business development and expansion. Ultimate beneficiaries
of ZIF-funded activities should be small-scale producers of agricultural
produce.
Loans are typically in US dollars with interest
rates that are market competitive. Both short-term (i.e. trade
finance) and medium terms (i.e. equipment purchase) are available
to applicants. Entities that are eligible to apply for financial
support through the ZIF include: processors and exporters of agricultural
products, input suppliers, associations and cooperatives whose
members are small-scale producers; trading companies; or exporters
of organic, ethically-traded and natural resource products. It
is anticipated that equity funding will also be available from
the ZIF in the future.
Zambian businesses that are interested in applying
or learning more about the ZATAC Investment Fund (ZIF) should
contact an Account-Executive at the ZATAC office.
Zambian beneficiaries of ZATAC's linkages to finance initiative
include:
THE KASISI TRAINING CENTER FOR ORGANIC VEGETABLES
THE WEST LUNGA
PINEAPPLE PROJECT
SMALLHOLDER EXPORT
VEGETABLE PROGRAM - INVOLVING 10 LUSAKA AREA COOPERATIVES
NAMBOMA HOLDINGS
FOR CASHEW NUTS
CHANKWAKWA LTD.
FOR THE SUN-DRIED EXPORT TOMATO PROJECT
AMAKA COTTON
KAZUNGULA COOPERATIVE
MILK COLLECTION STATION
MAKUNKA COOPERATIVE
SOLAR POWERED MILK COLLECTION STATION
SUNRIPE PRODUCTS
FOR THE TOMATO PROCESSING PROJECT
EUREKA POULTRY
PRODUCTS
MAPLEHURST PRODUCERS
ASSOCIATION FOR DAIRY PRODUCTION
ZAMBIA AGRICULTURAL
COMMODITY ASSOCIATION FOR THE WAREHOUSE RECEIPT AND INVENTORY
CREDIT PROJECT
