Search Results - "financial institution"

Entrepreneurial potential and agribusiness desirability among youths in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo by Simbeko, G., Dontsop Nguezet, Paul M., Sekabira, H., Yami, M., Amato-Masirika, S., Bheenick, K., Bugandwa, D., Nyamuhirwa, D.A., Mignouna, J., Bamba, Z., Manyong, Victor

“…This is in addition to putting in place capacity-building programs on entrepreneurial and business skills through incubators, and the formalization of youth agribusiness groups that foster capitalizing experiences between new and accelerated agripreneurial enterprises, with the support of parents and financial institutions, focusing on gender sensitivity, in both rural and urban areas.…”
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Aiding government effectiveness in developing countries by Gisselquist, Rachel M., Resnick, Danielle

“…The second addresses the underlying administrative and financial institutions and processes that facilitate service delivery. …”
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Early childhood nutrition and health by Azzarri, Carlo

“…The second addresses the underlying administrative and financial institutions and processes that facilitate service delivery. …”
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Financing the transformation of food systems under a changing climate: key messages by Millan, Alberto

“…This will require addressing core market failures to unlocking private sector financing from food and agriculture companies, domestic and international financial institutions, and specialized investors. Whilst this paper highlights the clear need and role for the former, it explores in greater depth innovative strategies to address the core market failures of the latter: 1) lack of deep pipeline of bankable projects, today; 2) high investment risk and lack of primary data/information asymmetries; and 3) lack of intermediation to efficiently connect different pools of capital to investment. …”
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ESOKO Integration with digital financial products as a bundled service to AICCRA Farmers by Nii-Koi, Gordon

“…Esoko Ghana implements an innovative agricultural value chain digitization service called the Digital Farmer Service (DFS) project and in partnership with Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa (AICCRA) that leverages mobile and web technologies to develop a super-agent network across several vulnerable farming communities; creating an ecosystem that connects farmers to services by linking them to various actors along the agricultural value chain (input dealers, financial institutions, insurance etc.) using mobile and web technologies. …”
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Changing composition of private investment in Indian agriculture and its relationship with public investment and input subsidies by Kumar, Anjani, Bathla, Seema, Verma, Smriti

“…A continued effort to improve the outreach of formal financial institutions for credit is warranted for higher private capital formation.…”
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Purpose and potential for commodity exchanges in African economies by Rashid, Shahidur, Winter-Nelson, Alex, Garcia, Philip

“…The paper highlights three points: (a) efforts to launch exchanges in Africa should realistically assess whether basic conditions for success can be met, (b) if the pre-conditions cannot be met, the use of existing exchanges abroad or the development of regional exchanges may be more feasible than the establishment of national commodity exchanges, and (c) the goals of risk management and reduced transaction costs might be achieved more effectively by improving market fundamentals through investments in transportation, information services, or other financial institutions.…”
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Land rights for African development: from knowledge to action by Mwangi, Esther

“…These innovations include: • adjusting received law to customary norms and rules of land holding and access, as opposed to outright replacing customary tenure • altering lending rules by banks and financial institutions to promote land-related investments (even on land regulated by customary and/or religious law) • de-emphasizing the notion of ownership and refocusing on use rights in order to secure women’s rights and access • restructuring conventional land administration systems to support group-based rights structures • encouraging decentralized land management systems that reflect local cultural norms and practices • in situations of multiple, overlapping resource use, strengthening processes of negotiation and conflict resolution as opposed to a generic concern with substantive rights in order to secure the access of permanent and transitory resource users.…”
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Workshop: Coming together to leverage India’s national workfare program for resilient livelihoods for women by Bhubaneshwar consortium

“…The event, “Leveraging the Mahatma Gandhi NREGA for resilient livelihoods for women: New insights, old bottlenecks, innovative solutions,” brought together members of civil society organizations, researchers, and representatives of international donor organizations, financial institutions, and government agencies. They discussed the challenges facing the MGNREGA in Odisha and elsewhere and to highlight potential solutions for improving women’s role in the selection of assets under the program and utilizing these assets to build resilient livelihoods.…”
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The CGIAR Food Systems Accelerator Cohort 2 Pitch Day Report by Wichenje, Anthony, Nyauncho, Esther, Musau, Caroline, Peterson, Nathania

“…The event brought together a diverse group of 59 participants, including 11 impact investors, 2 financial institutions, 4 ecosystem enablers, 14 Accelerator Partners, CGIAR scientists, the Ukama Ustawi leadership team, implementation partners (IFDC-2SCALE and The Rallying Cry), and the CGIAR Food Systems Accelerator core team. …”
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Shifting food consumption to mitigate climate change is critical to fulfilling the Paris Agreement, but how? by Wilkes, Andreas, Kiff, Laura, Wollenberg, Eva Karoline, White, Julianna M.

“…  Private sector investment in reducing food loss and waste requires an enabling environment, support for development of commercially viable investments, and increased awareness among financial institutions of investment opportunities. This Info Note is related to the report on "The technical mitigation potential of demand-side measures in the agri-food sector: a preliminary assessment of available measures" https://cgspace.cgiar.org/bitstream/handle/10568/77142/CCAFS%20Report%2015%20for%20web.pdf…”
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The impact of credit on the technical efficiency of maize-producing households in northern Ghana by Martey, E., Wiredu, A., Etwire, Prince M., Kuwornu, J.K.M.

“…The efficiency gains can be sustained through stronger partnerships with financial institutions. Policy interventions aimed at increasing smallholder farmers’ access to production credit (e.g. through the creation of a conducive investment environment that lowers the lending rate and collateral requirements) must be vigorously pursued. …”
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Blending climate action and rural development in Africa's Sahel by Woomer, P.L., Roobroeck, D., Alia, D.Y.

“…The potential for increasing food supply and carbon gains under current agricultural investment levels across the Sahel by International Financial Institutions, about $683 million per year, is described. …”
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TH2.3: A gender-responsive approach to designing agricultural risk management bundles by Pattnaik, Subhransu, Kramer, Berber, Ward, Patrick S., Foster, Tim, Adhikari, Roshan, Gaur, Pushkar, Mansabdar, Sanjay

“…The findings of this study will directly inform financial institutions involved in the implementation of an agricultural insurance scheme.…”
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Post-farmgate food businesses of India: The enterprises, the entrepreneurs, and the employees by Gupta, Manavi, Kishore, Avinash, Roy, Devesh, Saroj, Sunil

“…Most of these firms are informal, rely purely on spot exchanges with their sellers and buyers, and do not borrow money from formal financial institutions. We find a strong positive association between the formal status and the productivity and profitability of PFFBs.…”
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Smallholder irrigation technology diffusion in Mali: Insights from stakeholder mapping by Houeto, Dede Aduayom, Diamoutene, Abdoul K., Diop, Loty, Ringler, Claudia

“…Key constraints identified were a lack of linkages between intermediary organizations in the small-scale irrigation diffusion process, such as commodity associations, financial institutions and technology vendors with government agencies in charge of irrigation, limiting the sharing of consistent and effective information across entities; the lack of a clear policy framework and long-term guidance for private individual irrigation; an associated lack of targeted technology development including limited adaptation to different local contexts, missing financial products linked to irrigation technology, and inadequate capacity building of farmers through extension services and demonstration sites. …”
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Microfinance by Sharma, Manohar

“…Among financial institutions serving poor households around the world, microfinance programs have emerged as important players. …”
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Rapport de validation du programme d'accélération de l'élevage sensible au genre-chaine de valeur lait by Siagbe, Golli, Derenoncourt, Marie Ena Pascale, Atadokpede, Marine, Ouedraogo, Issa

“…The key recommendation is to foster effective collaboration between livestock sector stakeholders and financial institutions to ensure high-quality training and improved access to finance by the end of the program.…”
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Integrating gender with the water-energy-food-ecosystem nexus in Egypt’s salinity-affected lands by Al-Zu’bi, Maha, Abu-Zeid, M., El-Atfy, H., Hassan, M., Azab, A., Halim, M., Gebril, H., Ihab, S., Tawfik, Mohamed, Brouziyne, Youssef

“…Case studies from Fayoum, Qena and Kafr El-Sheikh demonstrate how solar-powered irrigation, IoT-enabled water management and salt-tolerant crops can boost productivity, reduce labor burdens and enhance women’s resilience—yet financial, institutional and infrastructural constraints continue to limit broader adoption. …”
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After all, land belongs to the state: examining the benefits of land registration for smallholders in Ethiopia by Yami, Mastewal, Snyder, Katherine A.

“…This article analyses the impacts of land registration on land rentals, security of land tenure, disputes over land, use of credit facilities from formal financial institutions and gender access and control over land. …”
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