Banco de Fomento Agropecuario (BFA) is a development bank that provides comprehensive and sustainable financial solutions, with an emphasis on the rural sector, contributing to business growth, financial inclusion and food sovereignty. BFA was created as an Official Credit Institution, in whose direction the State and the Private Sector participate through the Cooperative Associations and the Agricultural Cooperative Societies, the Agricultural Trade Associations and the Professional Associations of the Sector. The BFA began its operations on May 4, 1973.