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Everybody Benefits from Financial Products for Small Scale Farmers

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Online Location
https://lib.icimod.org/record/14563
Publication date
15/06/2010
Number of Pages
2
Language:
English
Type of Publication:
Articles & Journals
Focus Region:
Global
Focus Topic:
Rural Finance / Insurance
Type of Risk:
Market-related
Type of Risk Managment Option:
Risk reduction/mitigation
Commodity:
Crops
Author
Petra Rooijakkers
Organization
Farming Matters, Progreso Network

Money for farming not only means access to credit, but also access to other financial products and services. Small-scale farmers can also benefit from being able to insure themselves against risk and being able to save. When it comes to money, there is a gap between what small-scale farmers need and what they have access to. But this gap can be overcome, as this issue shows.