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Warrantage in Niger, an inventory credit practice adapted to the needs of small-scale farmers

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    Inventory 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.
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    Episode One: Inventory credit
    Radio script
    2012
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    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…
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    Le 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.
  • Thumbnail Image
    Document
    Inventory 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.
  • Thumbnail Image
    Document
    Episode One: Inventory credit
    Radio script
    2012
    Also 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…
  • Thumbnail Image
    Document
    Le 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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