Moreover, the number of outstanding borrowers has also increased to 3.92 million as of end-January 2019 from 3.50 million a year earlier, with a growth of 12 percent. Going forward, I believe there is a need to develop stronger linkages between the agriculture sector and SME/large-scale processing and manufacturing sectors.
We will no doubt see new challenges and ongoing discussion and debate about the most appropriate policies and approaches to consolidate and extend the success of EMU.