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In recognition of the well-understood macro-, meso- and micro-level challenges and risks associated with rural and agricultural finance, the need for a system-level approach to managing those risks is gaining increasing traction in the thinking and programming of the community of practice. Within this system-level view, the concept of holistic, integrated risk management as a means to de-risk the overall operating environment of agricultural value chains is recognised as a fundamental building block. Accordingly, numerous stand-alone and project-based “de-risking” arrangements have recently launched or are at various stages of design throughout sub-Saharan Africa and other regions.
These schemes employ a coordinated set of financing, risk-management and capacity building instruments to make agricultural finance less risky and to incentivise private financial service providers to increase their portfolio commitments to smallholder farmers and agri-SMEs. These schemes hold promise in addressing some of the persistent pain points in promoting the rural financial inclusion agenda and, by extension, contributing to the achievement of related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
This webinar reviews the findings of a recent study by the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) that analyses five such schemes in Sub-Saharan Africa in Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Togo and Zimbabwe. The webinar shares some findings concerning the operations and performance of these schemes and emerging insights into how they can be improved, scaled-up or replicated in other country and programming contexts.
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+++ ABOUT THE WEBINAR+++
In recognition of the well-understood macro-, meso- and micro-level challenges and risks associated with rural and agricultural finance, the need for a system-level approach to managing those risks is gaining increasing traction in the thinking and programming of the community of practice. Within this system-level view, the concept of holistic, integrated risk management as a means to de-risk the overall operating environment of agricultural value chains is recognised as a fundamental building block. Accordingly, numerous stand-alone and project-based “de-risking” arrangements have recently launched or are at various stages of design throughout sub-Saharan Africa and other regions.
These schemes employ a coordinated set of financing, risk-management and capacity building instruments to make agricultural finance less risky and to incentivise private financial service providers to increase their portfolio commitments to smallholder farmers and agri-SMEs. These schemes hold promise in addressing some of the persistent pain points in promoting the rural financial inclusion agenda and, by extension, contributing to the achievement of related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
This webinar reviews the findings of a recent study by the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) that analyses five such schemes in Sub-Saharan Africa in Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Togo and Zimbabwe. The webinar shares some findings concerning the operations and performance of these schemes and emerging insights into how they can be improved, scaled-up or replicated in other country and programming contexts.
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