IILD will utilize the trade platform of its flagship programme, the Trade Health Education and Microfinance Programme (THEMP), and will establish Fatan as an initiative under the auspices of THEMP.
Fatan will be a fully registered legal entity and function as a member-owned national federation of agricultural cooperatives, with registered subsidiaries including Fatan Finance (credit, savings, investment and insurance), Fatan Logistics (storage and transportation), Fatan Agribusiness (input supply, value addition, extension and trade), Fatan Trading (matchmaking and export), Fatan Women and other groups as appropriate.