The following note summarizes key results and lessons from AgriFin's project with ABM Bank, Madagascar, aimed at strengthening the agriculture finance portfolio of ABM.
A warehouse receipt financing system is a mechanism that allows the use of commodities as collateral to secure loans. In a typical warehouse receipt financing approach, a farmer stores commodities at ...
This article was contributed by Makiko Toyoda, Senior Trade Finance Officer, International Finance Corporation.
This article was contributed by Vivek Thoopal, Head of Business Development (Collateral Management), National Collateral Management Services Limited (NCML).
This article was contributed by Andrew Barr-Sim, Managing Director, Drum Commodities Limited, UK.
This article was contributed by Gideon E. Onumah, Agricultural Economist/Rural Finance Specialist at the Natural Resources Institute (NRI), University of Greenwich in the United Kingdom.
The following is a summary of Kiriakov, Krassimir D. and the QED Group, LLC (2007). Necessary Conditions for an Effective Warehouse Receipts Activity (United States Agency for International Developmen...
This presentation was given during an AgriFin webinar featuring initiatives supported by the World Bank to reform warehouse receipt systems in Africa. The speaker, Mr. Jean Saint-Geours, economist at ...
This presentation was delivered by Mr. Quentin De Vreese, Deputy CEO and Credit Manager at AccèsBanque Madagascar (ABM) at a webinar hosted by AgriFin on June 24, 2015. Mr. De Vreese shared ABM's expe...
The purpose of these notes is to share, in a brief technical but readily accessible manner, details of how such products can support sustainable agricultural finance by banks and other financial insti...
The paper reviews the experience of inventory credit in West Africa and Senegal. It examines various inventory credit schemes among different value chains in Senegal. It also discusses the legal and p...
The Financing Products Training Materials provides an overview of technical information on input finance, raw material collection finance, inventory finance, and asset finance for various commodities.