Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course and assessment, you would be able to answer/discuss the below questions with a lot more clarity and confidence.

1. Who are smallholder farmers?
2. What are the financing challenges faced by small & medium scale farmers?
3. What approaches/solutions are currently popular in resolving smallholder finance issues?
4. What is value chain finance?
5. Under what conditions would value chain finance work for small & medium scale farmers?
6. What elements need to be taken into consideration while designing a value chain finance product?
7. What are the Interesting developments and opportunities to look for in Agri-finance?
8. What is traders' credit?
9. What is input suppliers' credit?
10. What is an agribusiness/marketing company’s credit?
11. What innovations are being used to build a credit profile and credit score for smallholder farmers?