Ascanio Graziosi
10 April 2019

The three identified risks are part of the problem and don't mention the managerial capability on production and marketing, which can be sorted out with ad-hoc interventions accelerators, a truly support from farmers associations, etc. ; besides, the risks connected to the unpredictable weather could be overcome with the crop insurance and other schemes well-known in Africa. Moreover, there is the investors' prejudice about the farmers' unreliability to face the repayment schedule.
Once above deficiencies have been mitigated, the need for more funding could met; in our book we have, among other issues, made a proposal to face both managerial and financing challenges: POVERTY – An Alternative Paradigm: MOVING FROM CREDIT-BASED ECONOMY to COMMUNITY BASED ECONOMY https://www.morebooks.de/store/gb/book/poverty-an-alternative-paradigm/…