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Sweeter Prospects for Cocoa Farmers
Cocoa is one of the world’s most prized foods, but the smallholder farmers in Cote d’Ivoire who produce it live in extreme poverty. Formal land ownership can improve their financial outlook.
By Scott Graham & Anahit Tevosyan, Finca International
FinDev Blog
Gender-Transformative Business Models in Agriculture
Insights from five leading agricultural companies help us understand how businesses can advance gender equity by taking specific steps to address harmful gender norms and reduce gender gaps.
By Jamie Anderson, Cesar Maita Azpiri & Renée Hunter
FinDev Blog
Wartime Wheat: Supporting Farmers and Food Security in Ukraine
Affordable financing is critical for Ukrainian agribusinesses as they support their fellow farmers and soldiers on the front lines.
By Alisa Stetsyshyn, World Council of Credit Unions
FinDev Blog
How Can We Help Agricultural SMEs Respond to the Food Crisis?
These turbulent times of pandemic, climate change and war require action from the financial inclusion community to ensure growth and sustainability for agri-preneurs.
By Frank Rubio, Smallholder and Agri-SME Finance and Investment Network (SAFIN)
FinDev Blog
How Can Microfinance Institutions Help Their Clients Build Climate Resilience?
In the second post of the FinDev Blog Series on Climate Change and Financial Inclusion, we look at how both financial and non-financial services will be crucial in helping MFI clients adapt to climate change.
By Calum Scott, Opportunity International
FinDev Blog
What Do Microfinance Clients Need to Adapt to Climate Change?
In the first post of the FinDev Blog Series on Climate Change and Financial Inclusion, we explore insights from Rwandan smallholder farmers on building climate resilience through microfinance.
By Emanuella Christensen, Olga Biosca, Michael Mikulewicz, Liberata Mukamana, Patrick Mugiraneza & Karin Helwig
FinDev Blog
The Power of Community-Based Organizations to Mobilize Farmers’ Savings
A Scale2Save project in Cote d’Ivoire shares what they’ve learned working with farmer cooperatives as financial agents.
By Celine Stevens, World Savings and Retail Banking Institute
FinDev Interview
How To Keep the Human Touch While Digitizing Agricultural Value Chains
Hedwig Siewertsen of AGRA discusses the different digital solutions for financing agricultural value chains that were shared at African Microfinance Week this year.
FinDev Interview
WhatsApp and Algorithms: How to Get Financing to Farmers in East Africa
The founders of Ugandan fintech Emata share how their solution is helping dairy farmers and their cooperatives access finance and manage operations.
FinDev Blog
Can Insurance Make Small-Scale Solar Energy More Accessible?
Small-scale solar installations have been an important innovation to bring electricity to remote areas, but they face many risks which jeopardize their ability to provide a continuous energy supply.
By Julia Beneke