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Risk Mitigation and Management for Agricultural Investment: Investment and Resource Mobilization

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Publication date
01/01/2008
Number of Pages
21
Language:
English
Type of Publication:
Guidelines & Learning resources
Focus Region:
Global
Focus Topic:
Institutions / Organizations
Type of Risk:
Logistical & infrastructural
Policy & institutional
Type of Risk Managment Option:
Risk reduction/mitigation
Commodity:
Crops
Author
Calvin Miller
Organization
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

This document is part of the FAO Policy Learning Program that aims at strengthening the capacity of high-level policymakers in member countries in the field of policies and strategies for agricultural and rural development. This is a general overview document that outlines why investment risk is important, details the key challenges for rural and agricultural financial service provision, public risk mitigation approaches (including public goods and capacity building investments), and key policy issues facing policymakers.