Agricultural Value Chain Finance: A guide for bankers

This Guide to agriculture value chain finance (AVCF) is based on existing good-practice knowledge, and the experience and insights of well-recognized bankers partnering with AgriFin. It represents a “how-to” approach to enable other banks to engage in value chain finance with a much better understanding of what works, and what to avoid. The main objectives of the Guide are: a. To provide practical, evidence-based guidance to financial institutions engaging in AVCF. b. To offer a comprehensive picture of agricultural value chains so as to enable financial institutions to work with different segments of the value chain and adapt financial products to the specific demands of value chain participants. c. To provide examples of field-tested AVCF products and procedures that have shown value or promise.