The programme intends to reach approximately 7,500 smallholder farm households over a period of 3 years (organised in 250 farmer groups with an average of 30 members each): 3,500 current MADFA members and 4,000 new MADFA members. It is estimated that approximately 4,300 of these smallholders (or 145 groups) will have accessed micro-financial services of MADFA SACCO by the end of the three years. A PAED approach will be used to facilitate remunerative market-led agro-enterprise development of farmer groups. This approach was adapted from the PAED approach of CIAT; it is non-commodity specific, supports a balance between on- and off-farm interventions and supports collective action, diversification and ‘added value’ as viable pathways out of poverty. Appropriate savings- and loan facilities will be developed and offered to MADFA (by the Masindi Farmers’ Savings and Credit Association (MADFA SACCO)), with technical support from TRIAS. MADFA will be strengthened in a sustainable way.