This is the fifth post on challenges along agricultural value chains in a series highlighting five priority areas for financial inclusion in Africa. See the fourth post here. In 2025, J-PAL Finance Sector Co-Chairs Emily Breza and Emanuele Colonnelli convened a group of researchers in Nairobi, Kenya...

The UM6P-J-PAL Applied Lab for Agriculture (UJALA) is built on a simple but powerful premise: Evidence is most useful when generated in partnership with those implementing programs on the ground.