The agricultural credit outreach in Pakistan has increased to 3.27 million farmers at end June 2017 from 2.40 million farmers last year. The State Bank of Pakistan explored new financing products, value chain financing, warehouse receipts financing, digitalisation of credit, execution of credit guarantee scheme for small and marginalised farmers, and inclusion of microfinance institutions/rural support programs for catering the credit needs of marginalised farmers.

10 microfinance banks, as a group, have surpassed their annual targets of Rs60 billion by disbursing agri loans of Rs87.8 billion or 146% to small farmers during FY17.