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Appropriate Warehousing and Collateral Management Systems in Sub-Saharan Africa – Volume I – Key Findings

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Online Location
https://p4arm.org/document/http-p4arm-org-document-appropriate-warehousing-and-collateral-management-systems-in-ssa-1/
Publication date
09/09/2014
Language:
English
Type of Publication:
Studies
Focus Region:
Sub-Saharan Africa
Focus Topic:
Agricultural Value Chains / Agri-Businesses
Rural Finance / Insurance
Type of Risk:
Market-related
Type of Risk Managment Option:
Risk assessment
Commodity:
Crops
Author
PARM, IFAD, AFD, and CTA

Finance, market and post-harvest risks are some of the key challenges of agricultural activities in the developing world. These challenges can 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. It is also potentially useful for addressing other problems of access to finance and market.

In 2014, IFAD/AFD/CTA/PARM finalized a study on warehouse receipt financing and collateral management systems for smallholder farmers in Africa. This Volume I of the three study reports summarises the key findings from the study.