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DocumentLithuania: Financing of Warehouse Receipts - Legal Review
Report N. 1 - October 2002
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No results found.Warehouse receipts are used to facilitate the financing of primary agriculture, agricultural trade and food processing. By storing grain or other agricultural commodities in licensed warehouses, farmers, traders and agri-processors have the possibility to obtain receipts that can be used as collateral with local credit institutions. This system has proved particularly useful in Central and Eastern European countries where agricultural enterprises do not have strong credit histories and have few assets to pledge as collateral. In these circumstances, local banks often prove reluctant to lend to the agricultural sector. For warehouse receipts to become a convincing instrument to secure loans to agricultural enterprises, a coherent institutional and regulatory framework is required. Banks need to be able to trust warehouses, which should be licensed and supervised properly, and banks must be certain that the receipts can be used as effective deeds to exercise their rights in case of loan default. -
Book (stand-alone)A technical review of select de-risking schemes to promote rural and agricultural finance in sub-Saharan Africa 2021
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No results found.In recognition of the well-understood challenges with promoting rural and agricultural finance, the need for a more systemic approach to promoting financial inclusion is gaining traction in the thinking and programming approaches of the community of practice. Within this system-level view, the concept of de-risking the overall operating environment of agricultural value chains is recognized as a critically important factor. Accordingly, numerous project-based and stand-alone “de-risking” arrangements have recently been launched or are at various stages of design throughout sub-Saharan Africa. The generation of evidence of performance, impact and cost effectiveness is critical to validating the relevance of these types of schemes, as well as to informing design improvement and implementation, for the sake of scalability and replicability. This study takes stock of these experiences in an effort to contribute to building up the evidence base to help inform the future strategy and design of similar programmatic interventions. -
Policy briefInvestments in surface water management infrastructure, input transfer programmes, and advisory services yield large benefits for crop producers in coastal Bangladesh 2024
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No results found.Climate change poses a formidable challenge to agricultural production in coastal regions of Bangladesh that rely primarily on rainfed, paddy production systems. The confluence of rising sea levels, erratic precipitation patterns, and saline intrusion exacerbates the vulnerability of these agricultural systems, threatening the livelihoods of millions of farmers. In response to these challenges, the Ministry of Agriculture of Bangladesh, with financing from the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and technical assistance of the FAO Country Office (FAO-TA), implements the Smallholder Agriculture Competitiveness Project (SACP). The overall objective of SACP is to increase farmers’ incomes and livelihood resilience through demand-led productivity investments, crop diversification and increased market linkages. This will be achieved through implementation of three components: Component 1 focuses on enhanced production of high-value crops (HVCs) and technology adoption; Component 2 focuses on processing and marketing of HVCs; and Component 3 invests in climate-resilient surface water management.
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