Financing Agricultural Value Chains in Africa - A Synthesis of Four Country Case Studies
2011
This paper is a synthesis of a series of studies into agricultural finance in Africa. The aim was to examine access to finance for agriculture in Africa, with a view to identifying strategies and tactics which would improve such access for commercially oriented agricultural value chains.
Countries: Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Non-country specific
Commodities: Cocoa, Coffee, Mango, Pineapple, Cashew, Sesame, Cassava, Cow milk, Non-Commodity specific
Topics: Financial services, Inputs and services support upgrading, Business enabling environment upgrading, Value chain finance
Personal author: Mike Coates, Richard Kitchen, Geoffrey Kebbell, Catherine Vignon, Claude Guillemain, Robin Hofmeister
Publisher: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
Type: Case illustration, Discussion
Format: Document
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