Certificate in Agricultural Value Chain Financing
Investment
UGX 1,700,000
Duration
4 Months
COURSE OVERVIEW
This is a course designed for strategy and executive levels of the financial
institutions. The course will empower participants with skills and insights into
agricultural value chain analysis, ability to design agricultural lending programs,
selection of the right agricultural enterprises to lend and make the right choice.
TARGET AUDIENCE
- Staff of banks
- Financial services providers with responsibility for AVCF strategy of their
institutions or responsibility for disbursing loans linked to AVCs - Head Office staff involved in AVCF (in the Credit Risk department or in the
“Agricultural Unit” of a financial institution) - Branch managers involved in AVCF
Professionals involved in formulating agricultural policy and strategy
(including outside of banks/ financial institutions)
WHAT YOU WILL STUDY
- AVCF market study adapted to a financial Institution to set up an AVC
financing scheme. - Analysis of key success factors to finance AVCs in a financial institution
- Mini market study to find out AVCF opportunities
- Risks linked to agriculture and the AVCs
- Advantages of AVC financing vs. standalone financing and assessment &
management of risks of all players in an AVC - Tools to mitigate agricultural and AVC financing risks
- Arguments for the business case for AVCF in a financial institution and
- Policies in favor of AVCF
- Forms of organization to serve AVCs and – adaptation of the financial
institution structure and operations to AVCF - Agricultural credit policies
- Existing contractual arrangements and how to enforce them
- Determination of the right (AVC) product set; Targeted customers for the
- AVCF lending; Product design
- HR issues in relation to AVCF; Launch of AVCF strategy within the financial
institution; field visits
LEARNING OUTCOMES
- At the end of this course, participants will be able to:
- Be empowered with skills and insights of agricultural value chain analysis
- Ability to design agricultural lending programs
- Selection of the right agricultural enterprises to lend to
- Making the right choice of agricultural relations ship officers.
- Design Agricultural lending procedures and policies for the institution
- Designing Agricultural risk management strategies and identifying profitable
agribusiness value chains based on science and economics.