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DocumentInventory credit 2012
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In Sahel countries in general, and Niger in particular, agriculture is vulnerable to unfavourable climate conditions, resulting in low crop yields. Often, small-scale farmers are forced to sell off their agricultural products at low prices straight after harvest, to earn cash and pay off their debts or to meet their immediate needs (food, medical care, travel to cities, children’s education, etc.). During the lean season, the price of these same agricultural products rises. Farmers’ low incomes prevent them from buying inputs that would enable them to increase their yields and output. As a result, both men and women producers find themselves trapped in a vicious circle of spiralling poverty. It was against this backdrop that, in 1999, inventory credit was introduced in Niger, to offer solutions to the challenges of financing agricultural production and addressing the impoverishment of farmers, by making it easier for them to obtain credit in a rural setting. -
DocumentEpisode One: Inventory credit
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2012Also available in:
A series of radio soap operas has been developed from fact sheets, experiences and good practices as part of the Capitalization project. At harvest time, small-scale farmers are hoping to secure their products through inventory credit. But they are not alone. There are also a number of large-scale traders practising inventory credit, and for them, obtaining a loan seems a great deal easier… -
DocumentLe warrantage au Niger, une pratique adaptée aux besoins des petits producteurs et productrices 2014
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L'objectif de cette fiche est de promouvoir l'utilisation de la technique du warrantage en tant que bonne pratique agricole et d'encourager les faîtières dOP à adopter ce mode de financement de l'agriculture afin de garantir une gestion et une valorisation optimales de leur production agricole. -
DocumentInventory credit 2012
Also available in:
In Sahel countries in general, and Niger in particular, agriculture is vulnerable to unfavourable climate conditions, resulting in low crop yields. Often, small-scale farmers are forced to sell off their agricultural products at low prices straight after harvest, to earn cash and pay off their debts or to meet their immediate needs (food, medical care, travel to cities, children’s education, etc.). During the lean season, the price of these same agricultural products rises. Farmers’ low incomes prevent them from buying inputs that would enable them to increase their yields and output. As a result, both men and women producers find themselves trapped in a vicious circle of spiralling poverty. It was against this backdrop that, in 1999, inventory credit was introduced in Niger, to offer solutions to the challenges of financing agricultural production and addressing the impoverishment of farmers, by making it easier for them to obtain credit in a rural setting. -
DocumentEpisode One: Inventory credit
Radio script
2012Also available in:
A series of radio soap operas has been developed from fact sheets, experiences and good practices as part of the Capitalization project. At harvest time, small-scale farmers are hoping to secure their products through inventory credit. But they are not alone. There are also a number of large-scale traders practising inventory credit, and for them, obtaining a loan seems a great deal easier… -
DocumentLe warrantage au Niger, une pratique adaptée aux besoins des petits producteurs et productrices 2014
Also available in:
L'objectif de cette fiche est de promouvoir l'utilisation de la technique du warrantage en tant que bonne pratique agricole et d'encourager les faîtières dOP à adopter ce mode de financement de l'agriculture afin de garantir une gestion et une valorisation optimales de leur production agricole.
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