Finance needs of the agricultural midstream and the prospects for digital financial services

Recent literature suggests that agricultural value chains are changing rapidly and places an increasing focus on the importance of actors and activities taking place in the “midstream” of these value chains, after production and prior to final sale. This article discusses the financial needs of mids...

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Autores principales: Ambler, Kate, de Brauw, Alan, Herskowitz, Sylvan, Pulido, Cristhian
Formato: Artículo preliminar
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/127802
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author Ambler, Kate
de Brauw, Alan
Herskowitz, Sylvan
Pulido, Cristhian
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description Recent literature suggests that agricultural value chains are changing rapidly and places an increasing focus on the importance of actors and activities taking place in the “midstream” of these value chains, after production and prior to final sale. This article discusses the financial needs of midstream actors in agricultural value chains, emphasizing differences across midstream activities and highlighting how value chain characteristics can influence both financial needs and potential remedies. The paper concludes with a discussion of the prospects of digital financial services to alleviate financial needs of midstream actors.
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spelling CGSpace1278022025-12-02T21:03:13Z Finance needs of the agricultural midstream and the prospects for digital financial services Ambler, Kate de Brauw, Alan Herskowitz, Sylvan Pulido, Cristhian agricultural value chains agriculture value chains trade finance digital finance services Recent literature suggests that agricultural value chains are changing rapidly and places an increasing focus on the importance of actors and activities taking place in the “midstream” of these value chains, after production and prior to final sale. This article discusses the financial needs of midstream actors in agricultural value chains, emphasizing differences across midstream activities and highlighting how value chain characteristics can influence both financial needs and potential remedies. The paper concludes with a discussion of the prospects of digital financial services to alleviate financial needs of midstream actors. 2022-05-10 2023-01-22T18:19:00Z 2023-01-22T18:19:00Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/127802 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Ambler, Kate; de Brauw, Alan; Herskowitz, Sylvan; and Pulido, Cristhian. 2022. Finance needs of the agricultural midstream and the prospects for digital financial services. IFPRI Discussion Paper 2122. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/127802
spellingShingle agricultural value chains
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digital finance services
Ambler, Kate
de Brauw, Alan
Herskowitz, Sylvan
Pulido, Cristhian
Finance needs of the agricultural midstream and the prospects for digital financial services
title Finance needs of the agricultural midstream and the prospects for digital financial services
title_full Finance needs of the agricultural midstream and the prospects for digital financial services
title_fullStr Finance needs of the agricultural midstream and the prospects for digital financial services
title_full_unstemmed Finance needs of the agricultural midstream and the prospects for digital financial services
title_short Finance needs of the agricultural midstream and the prospects for digital financial services
title_sort finance needs of the agricultural midstream and the prospects for digital financial services
topic agricultural value chains
agriculture
value chains
trade
finance
digital finance services
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/127802
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