Agricultural Value Chain Financing
INTRODUCTION:
Over the past three decades, fundamental changes in inter- national trade and investment have fueled a rapid increase in global economic integration. Cross-border flows of goods and services, capital, technology, ideas, and people offer great opportunities for African countries to boost growth and reduce poverty by improving productivity and efficiency, pro- viding access to new markets, and expanding the range of consumer choice. However, economic globalization creates new challenges, too. The new challenges include the need to increase the quality and sophistication of African goods and services, implement regulatory reforms to take full advantage of global markets, and introduce cost-effective measures for structural adjustments and regional imbalances.
Course Objectives:
- Understand value chain concepts and competitiveness and be able to assess risks and identify strategic opportunities to strengthen value chains;
- Recognize how cohesive value chains can be used to reduce risks and facilitate access to finance;
- Learn how to apply value chain financial products to meet the needs of various actors in the value chain.
- Outline of topics to be covered in the program:
- Understanding concept of Value chains in particular Agriculture Value chains
- Understand the structure of various Agriculture based value chains and the Various tools in developing an Agriculture value chain
- Appreciate the need to work with value chains
- Gain insights into the respective actor roles in the value chains