Drought, materialized by the lack of rainwater is one of the risks resulting from climate change that limits agricultural investors to losses. The resulting losses are multifaceted, affecting yields, production quality, human and animal health, the producer, their family and the community, the financial intermediation sector (banks, microfinance, and insurers) if the producer has taken out formal credit, and, moreover, the growth of the country concerned. I was amazed by this field in Bugabira commune, Kirundo province, in northern Burundi. This region is formerly known as the breadbasket of Burundi due to its abundant harvest that supplies the rest of the country with food (sorghum, Kirundo beans, corn, etc.). I was surprised to find hills in a state of drought, even though the area contains an abundance of water from the local lakes. I would suggest that formal finance stakeholders consider artificial irrigation, the implementation of support finance (such as access to renewable energy for pumping water from the affected hills) and the practice of off-season cultivation in order to avoid the risks of the climate factor which sometimes disappoints producers and investors in the agricultural sector. #AgriculturalValueChains #ClimateAndEnvironment #NutritionFoodSecurity #RuralFinanceInsurance
