How Are IFC Advisory Support and AgriConnect Expanding BANHCAFE’s Agribusiness Reach?
These efforts align with AgriConnect, the World Bank Group’s global initiative to promote small-scale agriculture as a driver of jobs, economic growth, and food security. They are reinforced by IFC advisory support, which since 2025 has helped BANHCAFE scale up its agribusiness operations. By integrating digital tools and environmental risk analysis, the support has enabled the bank to develop new products and strengthen its value proposition, enhancing both productivity and resilience among its clients, and expanding the bank’s capacity to reach more rural workers with the financing they need to formalize and grow.
Why Does Agricultural Finance Matter for Honduras’s Future?
In Honduras, financing the productive sector is critical. “It is a source of food, it creates jobs, and it helps prevent migration by offering people opportunities in their own communities,” says Fredy Moreno Segura, BANHCAFE’s Credit Manager.
For Reyna Meza, Risk Management Manager of BANHCAFE, the impact is clear: “By supporting agriculture with innovative financial solutions, we can create more jobs, and contribute to a better Honduras for everyone.”
Behind every well-structured loan is a producer choosing the next crop, a farm formalizing its workforce, and a family deciding to stay. For BANHCAFE, success is measured in stronger value chains, better-prepared farmers, and rural communities with more jobs, demonstrating how finance, when rooted in the realities of rural life, can be a catalyst for the kind of inclusive growth that keeps people employed, invested, and home.