These tools include

• Model marketing contracts
• Good business practice manual/tool
• Training materials for developing market linkages - product market assessments, existing and potential linkage review tools
• Check-list for selecting local agricultural technical assistance firms, costing of services and payment options, service contract models/templates
• Guidelines for specific agricultural product options (i.e., variable lines of credit, input supplier advance credit, factoring, solidarity/group loans, warehouse receipts, etc.)

Participating credit unions should be able to disseminate lessons learned / best practices to other interested credit unions upon completion of the pilot phase.