This report reviews the best practices of MFIs that have successfully implemented agricultural lending operations targeting agricultural smallholders in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), particularly those in loose value chains and subsistence farmers in order to support replication and expansion of scalable approaches. The findings of the research, includes a list of good practices for new market entrants to consider, suggestions for MFIs interested in taking existing lending operations to the next level, and a set of recommendations for assistance.