Study on appropriate warehousing and collateral management systems in sub-Saharan Africa - Volume 3 - Review of applicable laws

Farmers throughout the developing world face considerable challenges in accessing finance, and this can often influence their decision-making. These challenges must be addressed with financing solutions tailored to the different actors of the agricultural value chain. Warehouse receipt financing ena...

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Main Authors: Agence Française de Développement, Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation, International Fund for Agricultural Development
Format: Informe técnico
Language:Inglés
Published: AFD / CTA / IFAD 2014
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/75505
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Summary:Farmers throughout the developing world face considerable challenges in accessing finance, and this can often influence their decision-making. These challenges must be addressed with financing solutions tailored to the different actors of the agricultural value chain. Warehouse receipt financing enables the post-harvest part of the value chain to function more efficiently and is a potentially useful tool for helping farmers access to funding. This is the core subject of this report.